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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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Out of over 30 respondents, almost everyone wanted money for better facilities, paid staff, on-call veterinarians, emergency vehicles, food, and protected land – from Terry and Lindsay in California to Cindy in Michigan, from Sally in Kentucky to Mickie in South Dakota, and Lisa and Lia in New York. Change in Law. That’s easy!”

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Manky Muscovy Ducks

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Feral Muscovy Ducks seem to attract many of those epithets. Not only are the individual ducks hard to look at, but in groups, the feral populations create the same messes other masses of waterfowl do. The word manky means many things in British parlance from dirty and disgusting to inferior and worthless. The proposal from U.S.

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There’s a bear! There’s a bear!

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Afraid that their ideas for the development of the area, including a ski centre, might be restricted by the nature protection regime, the officials rejected the idea. Feral Pigeon – Columba livia dom. House Sparrow – Passer domesticus. Tree Sparrow – Passer montanus. Common Buzzard – Buteo buteo.

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Collaborative List ? May 2020

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The potential for contagion through clicking on links has long been acknowledged and with a desire to protect our precious readers, the links have been discontinued. You may notice a few non-commital “sp” entries and/or a few domestic/feral/hybrid forms. House Sparrow (Passer domesticus).

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Exploring the Kapela (Chapel) Reserve

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A narrow bluff-top buffer zone is also protected. Feral Pigeon – Columba livia. House Sparrow – Passer domesticus. Eurasian Tree Sparrow – Passer montanus. It consists mostly of old orchards and rustic summer cottages, extending into huge cornfields. Black-headed Gull – Chroicocephalus ridibundus.

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Birding Sarajevo or the sentimental journey home

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Invited by the welcoming shade of an old plane tree, I sat in a corner café, enjoying the sound of water trickling down the small fountain and attracting House Sparrows and Feral Pigeons to come and drink, while waiting for a friend to join me. And the day was tropical. No, no, they do not serve beer.

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Domestic or Ganky Geese

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Feral geese run the gamut from pure white to almost entirely gray or brown. Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled.

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