10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

I find it astonishing that people argue of whether feral cats are bad for birds in North America. The plethora of approaches to the feral Cat problem is not an outcome of a diversity of great ideas; it is the ugly chimera of inappropriate compromise among biased and often poorly informed stakeholders. Which would be even worse.

Feral Cats 257

Feral Cats North America Feral Cats 257

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2015

These ground birds have been clocked going 20 mph, though their coyote predators can go more than twice that. Car collisions, feral cats, and run-ins with hunters also cause problems, even for this speed-racer. However, in real life Greater Roadrunners are quite different. Not so much, as the above photo demonstrates.

New Mexico 110

New Mexico Mexico Coyotes Rattlesnake 110

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2024

Lead shot injured and killed condors young and old, lead in the carrion they ate, lead in the bullets that hunters shot at them. Coyotes took carrion from young Condors and then killed the weakest ones. Well-researched and footnoted, these sections never feel disconnected from the more personal sections.

California Condor 187

California Condor Falcons California Coyotes 187