10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

Eventually one evening driving home I was shocked to get good views of a clapper wandering about my car park (I’m fairly sure it was sneaking my neighbours’ cats food too). Guam Rail Gallirallus owstoni. Photo copyright The Smithsonian’s National Zoo, taken from the Guam Rail page. . So wither the Guam Rail now?

Puerto Rico 244

Puerto Rico Guam Virgin Islands Feral 244

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

Guam Flycatcher. Keep cats outdoors? Sure, we try not to introduce snakes, rats, cats, goats, pigs, and a host of other creatures to isolated islands. Mauritius Night-Heron. North Island Snipe. Eight more birds. Eight that I had never heard of. And, yeah, they’re all extinct too. It is horrible, this listing of names.

Mauritius 209

Mauritius Djibouti Guam Goats 209

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2012

Nonnative species have huge impacts on wildlife species everywhere… mice kill seabird chicks in their burrows, rats eat endangered bird eggs, overpopulated deer clear the understory of forests, pigs root out native plants and terrestrial animals, cats kill anything they can get their paws on.

Animal Rights Movement 263

Animal Rights Movement Animal Rights Wildlife Rights 263