10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2019

There was evidence of feral cats and now we have seen foxes around Broome we know they will also be a threat to our local shorebirds. Pied Oystercatcher chicks can swim, but maybe feral cats will too if they are hungry. Some nests had clearly been there for some time and had contained eggs until recently.

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Feral Cats Feral Eggs Fox 174

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 23, 2015

Since discovering our first Pied Oystercatcher nest on Cable Beach in July 2000 we have observed the breeding of these local shorebirds along the coast between Gantheaume Point in the south and Willie Creek in the north, which is a distance of 23 kilometres. We are unsure of the exact predator, but there are cat prints in the area.

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Feral Cats Eggs Feral Cats 182

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2016

This is not surprising at all due to the fact that we have monitored the Pied Oystercatcher breeding success (or lack thereof ) since 2000 along a twenty three kilometre stretch of beach and it is very rare for any of the sixteen pairs to succeed. This pair of Pied Oystercatchers has been successful on one occasion and that was in 2012.

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Breeding Feral Cats Eggs 2000 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2011

We are into the second attempt at breeding for this season in Broome for Pied Oystercatchers. Sadly a lot of eggs are lost to feral cats and chicks are sometimes taken by birds of prey. We had one pair attempt 5 times in 2009, so they don’t give up easily!

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2002 Feral Cats Eggs 2007 189

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 11, 2019

It is quite common for several clutches of Pied Oystercatcher eggs to be laid during the breeding season and often within ten days of egg or chick loss. There are still very real threats of predation by feral cats and birds of prey, but we just have to be optimistic.

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Feral Cats Eggs Shelters Feral 180

10,000 Birds

JUNE 13, 2022

Readers with a pornographic mindset will enjoy the following information about the Dusky Moorhen: “Simultaneously promiscuous, forming breeding groups of 2–7 apparently unrelated birds; individuals sometimes switch groups between seasons. If you are thinking of having kids, let this photo be a warning to you. ” (HBW).

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Australia Birds Feral Cats Kangaroos 262

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

The chance that this was a real Turkey are not great, and the chance that Columbus actually brought breeding stock from Honduras to Spain is not great, so maybe, maybe not. Thus, the cattle we raise for meat and dairy are sometimes called Bos taurus while the extinct wild form is always called Bos primigenius.

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Turkey Columbus Spain Fowl 260

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 11, 2018

It is not unusual to find a group of trial nest scrapes in a breeding territory and then the female lays the eggs in the nest that she prefers. We do not add debris to protect the nests and the main threat to the nests still appears to be feral cats. “A1” Preparing another nest site.

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Feral Cats Eggs Feral Raised 162

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2015

million breeding birds, Greater Roadrunners have a stable population (according to Partners in Flight). Car collisions, feral cats, and run-ins with hunters also cause problems, even for this speed-racer. The biggest threat to their numbers is habitat loss , as they need large ranges and healthy prey populations.

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New Mexico Mexico Coyotes Feral Cats 124

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

Like manky mallards, ganky geese display remarkable variety due to both the methodical manipulations of breeders and the variable volatility of the more natural kind of breeding. Feral geese run the gamut from pure white to almost entirely gray or brown. We certainly see enough of them, don’t we? Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.

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Geese 2011 Deer New York 145

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 3, 2010

Enjoy the guest post (thanks Susan): As I write this, my black cat, Sasha, is going through her pantomime, telling me that she either wants to go out, or she wants to eat. My youngest daughter spotted the exceedingly shy black cat and wanted her. Because she had never been socialized, this cat did not even know how to purr.

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Pit Bulls Feral Cats Massachusetts Rescue 100

Animal Person

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

I then promptly completely caved in and bought Wellness ' new large breed, definitely nonvegan dry food (and I always soak kibble) that has 25% protein (Natural Balance Vegetarian has 18%, and all from non-animal sources) and I've started cutting some in just in case (I'll stop at 50%).

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Project Treadstone Feral Cats Tnr Vet 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

They range from the successful eradication of feral cats from Marion Island (hear that, Corey?) to the ongoing conservation of breeding Lesser Flamingos at Kimberley’s Kamfers Dam to the Albatross Task Force, which works with fishermen to find solutions to seabird bycatch (birds caught in fishermen’s nets).

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South Africa Africa Leopards Penguins 255

10,000 Birds

JULY 15, 2018

Feral cats have been an issue in previous years and continue to be a problem along the length of Cable Beach that we monitor. Red-capped Plovers are also breeding along Cable Beach at the moment and we have observed several chicks and there are also newly laid eggs.

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2018 Feral Cats Eggs Camels 100

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. We have seen them on remote beaches hunting shorebirds and taking their eggs and they have been responsible for much of the egg loss in breeding Pied Oystercatchers along the Broome coast.

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Australia Species Feral Cats Feral 157

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

According to the US Fish and Wildlife Service , there are about 10 billion breeding birds in the US. The maximum population size may be closer to 20 billion in the fall, and 10 billion at the start of the Spring breeding season. How many birds to cats kill in the United States? Cats are not the same thing as windmills.

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Killing Cats Fish Feral Cats 274

10,000 Birds

JULY 29, 2018

We have been busy walking the beach and keeping an eye on our local Pied Oystercatchers and the two pairs that laid their eggs earliest for the 2018 breeding season and successfully hatched out their chicks have now lost their chicks to predation. Animal prints leading to and from a raided nest.

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Eggs Feral Cats Feral 2018 178

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

The other day, Minneapolis, Minnesota passed a feral cat ordinance. So I put together a “carnival” (of sorts) of Feral Cat Ordinances and Issues that samples current events across the US. From the Star Tribune : Feral cats win a round at Minneapolis City Hall. Does it solve it? No,” he said.

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Feral Cats Feral Cats Minneapolis 256

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 17, 2012

When songbirds endeavor to head hundreds or thousands of miles south they are risking everything in order to find a place that they can winter and hopefully survive in order to head back north and breed. dead Common Yellowthroat Please, keep your cats indoors. Another major hazard for migrating birds is roads.

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Feral Cats Cats Killing North America 243

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2024

The Hawaiian Crows face much more destructive threats–extreme loss of habitat; malaria, the scourge of so many Hawaiian species; predators–rodents, cats and the ‘Io, the Hawaiian Hawk. This is the most intense, tragic section.

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California Condor Falcons California Coyotes 188

10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2017

Only a little for Ezra, whose suffering was quickly ended, and certainly not for Red-tailed Hawks as a whole – the species is numerous, widespread, adaptable, and not in a position to be devastated by the loss of a single breeding individual.

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Feral Cats Montana Suffering 2006 160

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

…maybe there’s a secret Corn Crake breeding farm out in Gilgo Beach. Or by a cat! More recently, in January 2016 , a Corn Crake was found in the jaws of a cat in Pennsylvania; it died from its injuries. Hopefully, its reaction to any feral cats in the area will be the same as its reactions to birders–run!

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New York North America France Feral Cats 189

4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 8, 2011

Half a decade ago, in a little mountain town about 60 miles northeast of San Diego, a feral kitten dragged his front left leg uselessly. The dog-loving owners of the property in Julian where he sought refuge rushed him to the local veterinarian, who informed them that if his leg was amputated, he could live as an indoor cat.

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San Diego Kittens Cats Emotional 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 26, 2014

There was a story this morning that did make my blood freeze, and it had nothing to do with four big cats biting the bullet. The elimination of vultures had its own knock on effects, such as the increase in feral dogs (now that there was more meat available for them) and corresponding increase in rabies. Conservation Lion vultures'

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Lions Giraffes Zoos Killing 150

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2011

We monitor the Pied Oystercatchers breeding along a 23km stretch of beach each year and it can all be covered on foot or by bicycle-tide dependant! With the data we have collected over the years we are hoping to address the predation of eggs by feral cats in the Broome area.

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Breeding Feral Cats Eggs Camels 231

10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2024

Ring-necked Parakeet Ring-necked Parakeet Staying with the hole-breeding theme, the chicks of the ever-present Eurasian Nuthatches and Great T**s had left their nests by now.

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Sri Lanka France Feral Cats Owls 246

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

Rats arrived on ships and cats, foxes and rabbits were all introduced and they were all detrimental to the bird population. The population decline is generally blamed on habitat destruction and introduced predators, but inter-breeding may also be to blame.

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Species Australia Birds Parrots 221

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2018

The causes were the usual reasons for island extinction—deforestation by both humans and invasive plants that crowded out native plants, hunting, and invasive rats, mongoose, monkeys, and, of course, feral cats.

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Mauritius Stud Zoos Eggs 133