10,000 Birds
JULY 24, 2014
Obviously, I am talking of Feral Pigeons (also called city, town or street pigeons). The scientific name of the Feral Pigeon is Columba livia domestica and that last world tells the story. The scientific name of the Feral Pigeon is Columba livia domestica and that last world tells the story.
10,000 Birds
JULY 22, 2014
That was a wild cat, a wild Wildcat, the cat that lives in the wild because that is where it is from and where it belongs, at the southern end of its pan-African range that extended at one time well into Europe and Asia. I find it astonishing that people argue of whether feral cats are bad for birds in North America.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 18, 2012
Its natural range in Europe was restricted the the surroundings of the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea, and in Asia it ranged from Asia Minor to central China. Contradicting this relentless shooting were efforts to establish feral populations in many regions of Europe, both within and outside its natural range.
10,000 Birds
MAY 13, 2015
Thanks to a relatively feral childhood I have been left immune to the power of poetry, so I shall dismiss the poetry (a form of art comparable at best to interpretive dance) with a simple dismissive wave of the hand. They are birds at their most composed, soaring effortlessly on thermals across the sky, and birds at their most feral.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 23, 2014
The Feral Pigeon has many virtues to admire, but who is going to brag about encountering one of those? I don’t want my Best Bird of the Weekend to be Red-breasted Merganser while I’m in Asia. As much as I love hearing about and sharing Best Birds of the Weekend, sometimes I have cause to ponder just what that term means.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 18, 2012
White-backed / Striated Munia Lonchura striata Munias or mannikins (but not manakins), are small, seed-eating finches from Africa, Asia and Australia. They are popular as caged birds and escapees have established a number of feral populations beyond their normal ranges.
10,000 Birds
JULY 20, 2014
Feral cats have been able to adapt very well in Australia and have grown larger over the years and can survive in areas that you would not expect. Feral cat predation on Pied Oystercatcher eggs. There are no Feral Pigeons/Rock Doves in the Broome area and these invasive species are mainly found in the cities of the south.
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