10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2014

The colorful Purple Swamphen ( Porphyrio porphyrio ) lives in wetlands from Portugal and Senegal all the way east to New Zealand and the Samoan Islands, and a feral population is now well established in Florida. It’s unclear which major taxonomic body might act on all this information.

Papua New Guinea

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 23, 2015

The main problem appears to be feral cats, but there is also predation from birds of prey and the parent Pied Oystercatchers do their utmost to protect their young. Only a long term study will show this sort of information and we have also noticed how different individual Pied Oystercatchers react to different situations.

Feral Cats

10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2016

The nature and purpose of this call is to inform you that we have received an eagle petition concerning a cat filed against you. I’m a wildlife rehabilitator, so I’m always ranting about things like eagles being lead poisoned or songbirds being slaughtered by outdoor and feral cats. For a minute, she had me. Uh-oh, I thought.

Feral Cats

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.

Australia

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2018

Also, research filled in many knowledge gaps and informed conservation efforts. predator control, habitat management for feral ungulates and nonnative plants). We carefully examined the best scientific and commercial information regarding the past, present, and future threats faced by nene.

Endangered Species

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

The internet provided a great deal more information. Laughing Dove and Feral Pigeon were present, as were Hoopoe and Little Bee-eaters, but it was the wheatears that stood out. As the travel agent typed the equivalent of a novel to check (why does travel seem to involve so much typing?) So there would be some birding.

United Arab Emirates

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

The internet provided a great deal more information. Laughing Dove and Feral Pigeon were present, as were Hoopoe and Little Bee-eaters, but it was the wheatears that stood out. As the travel agent typed the equivalent of a novel to check (why does travel seem to involve so much typing?) So there would be some birding.

United Arab Emirates

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Both are somewhat propagandistic and probably not fully accurate, but they match other sources of information about the time and place so they can be used albeit with caution. Thus, the cattle we raise for meat and dairy are sometimes called Bos taurus while the extinct wild form is always called Bos primigenius.

Turkey

Critter News

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

The mascot for this year’s National Justice for Animals Week is Adam, a spunky black cat who was set on fire by two teenage girls in a vicious attack in Santa Rosa, California, as an eight-week-old feral kitten. For more information, please visit www.aldf.org.

Animal Legal Defense Fund

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

10,000 Birds

APRIL 1, 2012

Almost every single outdoor pet cat, feral cat, or stray kills other animals , no matter how well fed the cat is through other sources. Trap-neuter-release programs sound nice and let folks think that they are doing good but they actually often add to the problem , and never reach the goal of zero feral cats in an area.

Cats

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.

Australia

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.

San Diego

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

No, it’s not learning how quick one can identify and ignore feral Rock Pigeons (you may still need them on a Big Day after all), it’s that thing that people have been attempting to predict and rely upon since the days of dealing with dangerous Megafauna; the weather. Here are some tips: Waterproof optics.

Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2024

She explains complex and sometimes controversial topics including captive breeding, environmental toxins, feral cats and other invasive predators, Hawaiian avian extinction, avian disease, California Condor distribution and history, legal loopholes, and lead poisoning. It’s a subject that can easily veer into preachiness and depression.

California Condor

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

The amount of information varies, with less material on vagrants and rare species, and extended entries on notable species. Biographical information about Richard ffrench is from “Richard ffrench Obituary,” by Geoff Gibbs, The Guardian, June 2, 2010. I don''t know which bird guides they used on these trips.].

Trinidad

10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2013

We collected information on National Parks and there were several that we had not previously heard of. The National Park is unusual because it offers very few facilities compared to most, but there is a sealed road right into the small car park and a shade shelter with a table and chairs and information about the park. Feral pigs.

Feral

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2021

There are also frustrations, such as the faltering efforts of the Isla Robinson Crusoe conservation group, which can’t stop the spread of invasive plants, feral cats, and bird disease that is probably dooming the Juan Fernández Firecrown. He’s a writer, so he has written this book.

Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

MARCH 26, 2014

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. We live in a world of information over-saturation. This story didn’t break today, by the way. The story I linked to is dated to three weeks ago.

Lions

Animal Person

APRIL 7, 2010

From the feral cats of Project Treadstone to Charles' back surgery to problems with Violet's Vetsulin (insulin for dogs), we had more than our share of issues. I receive frequent e-mails from readers asking how everything's going, so here's an update and some cautionary information. Greyhound skin is very thin.

Project Treadstone

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2016

It brought the information out of the abstract and into the real, the visceral. Short of legal restrictions on outdoor cats, what is the best way to bridge that understanding, one on one, and as a society? Anecdotally speaking, my own revelation came when the harm to birds was personalized.

Cats

10,000 Birds

APRIL 1, 2018

After arranging to meet up with my sister and her family in Kalbarri earlier this year we had looked for a suitable camping area in between Geraldton and Perth and came across the Shire of Carnamah’s website that had information on Lake Indoon. Feral bees.

Kangaroos

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

We don’t do social media, so rely on information from other birders by text or phone call. All indications are that it was a feral or domestic cat that had caused its demise. It gets interesting here, because the bar manager had no idea it was a rare bird and was just helping out a bird that had flown into a window.

Australia

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 10, 2011

Feral Turkey are also quite common. Images by author unless stated; please click on photographer’s name for information about applicable Creative Commons licenses. Other wading types birds you can see less commonly are Pied Stilts and White-faced Herons ; keep your eyes open as you go past wetter areas.

New Zealand

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2018

Pink Pigeons were once found throughout Mauritius, but by the 19th century the population became fragmented and by 1986 only 12 or 16 pigeons remained, depending on your source of information, less than 12 by 1991. And, as we find out in a blogged coda to the episode , they can’t even take care of their eggs. On the WCS web page, Ms.

Mauritius

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 16, 2013

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.

Feral Cats