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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.
We have observed Pied Oystercatcher parents chase of White-bellied Sea-Eagles and unfortunately there are feral cats and feralfoxes have become more prevalent too. There are numerous species of raptors around Broome including Black Kites and Whistling Kites.
And so, when Salvador Ramirez left, there were feral goats on the island of San Clemente, the southernmost of the Channel Islands off the coast of California. And so, the foxes and shrikes endemic to the island began to suffer as the greenery went. No such association was formed on behalf of the ear mites.)
We have to understand, though, that this was a natural predator and not one of our introduced feral cats or foxes. The moist Pied Oystercatcher nest site after the thieving. It was not a good result at all and not what we had hoped to find.
European Red Foxes were brought into Australia in the 1850′s for recreational hunting and soon spread rapidly. 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 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.
The animal is most likely a feral cat along that stretch of beach, but we also can’t discount a feralfox having encountered a dead one close to Broome recently. The animal walks from nest to nest and it is clear that the nest had been there some time by the number of footprints.
As most people know cats, both feral and domestic, have a pretty big impact on wild birds and other wildlife, and the effect of mammals is particularly profound in New Zealand.
CATS for Cats cast members Keith David (Princess and the Frog) who played Old Deuteronomy, along with Emily Jordan, Marlon Pelayo, Candice Fox, Pauline Mata (So You Think You Can Dance), Michael Munday, Destini Rogers (So You Think You Can Dance) and Caitlynn Lawson (So You Think You Can Dance).
Imported rats, Short-tailed Weasels, or Stoats as they are know as here, 0possums, and feral cats have caused the extinction of literally dozens of bird species here in New Zealand. Now we are off to view the Franz Joseph and Fox Glaciers, as well as a stop in Okarito Lagoon, Greymouth Estuary, and the Marlborough Sound.
The tiercels (young Peregrines) must deal with Golden Eagles, Ravens, adult Peregrines, and foxes; they must also learn to navigate the skies and make their own kills, luckily these skills appear to be innately learned. It’s not easy. Well-researched and footnoted, these sections never feel disconnected from the more personal sections.
Rats arrived on ships and cats, foxes and rabbits were all introduced and they were all detrimental to the bird population. Foxes have also been known to take their eggs and there are now numerous local groups who endeavour to help the populations of Hooded Plovers along their local coastlines.
In the case of fox hunting (a true bloodsport), dogs are domesticated animals that are killing, not for food, but for sport. I will admit that there are legitimate concerns that have been raised about falconry – birds that are not native to an area sometimes escape and become feral; humans should minimize their influence on nature.
There’s little doubt that these unwilling but plucky exiles have beaten the odds over the last few months, first evading the sights of eager autumn hunters, and then the jaws of hungry foxes and weasels, only to endure the many privations of the harsh and long North American winter eking out their survival in a strange and inhospitable landscape.
There is a family of feralfoxes that I often encounter near Bennison Creek. Foxes were introduced to Australia in 1855 for hunting and have established themselves far and wide. Foxes have recently arrived around our home town of Broome, but we have only seen those that have been hit by traffic. Bennison Creek Bridge.
Rounding off the waterbirds were Australian Pelicans, Eurasian Coots , the iconic Black Swans and feral geese. This unique and odd Australian endemic is famous for the strange wattle under the bill of the male, but sadly all I saw was a female.
Case in point: some of my family members have become active with feral cat colony organizations. On the one hand, it’s better than doing nothing with a feral cat colony. But I don’t agree with the supplemental feeding that happens with feral cats–if you’re gonna call them wildlife, treat them as such.
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