Tufted Titmouse Plucking a Raccoon
10,000 Birds
MAY 20, 2011
Naturalists examining old nests have identified raccoon, opossum, dog, fox squirrel, red squirrel, rabbit, horse, cow, cat, mouse, woodchuck, and even human hair in titmouse nests.
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Comebackers
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 9, 2014
In the mid 1700s, fur-traders began introducing foxes up and down the Aleutian chain, in order to generate some more raw material work with. The foxes wreaked havoc on nesting birds, and island by island the geese disappeared, until it seemed that they were gone for good.
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Finally. Jasmine the Greyhound
Animal Person
APRIL 11, 2009
It wouldn’t matter if it was a puppy, a fox cub, a rabbit or, any other lost or hurting Animal, Jasmine would peer into the box or cage and, where possible, deliver a welcoming lick. But she is like that with all of our animals, even the rabbits. But Jasmine had other ideas. Geoff relates one of the early incidents. “We
Judge Clears Way for HSUS Suit Over Fur Advertising
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 29, 2009
The complaint also alleges violations of the federal Fur Products Labeling Act and Federal Trade Commission Act, which also prohibit the false advertising and mislabeling of any fur product.
The One and Only Outer Banks Big Day
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 25, 2015
We ended with 7 species of mammal, including River Otter, Gray Fox, and Marsh Rabbit, but the highlight may have been a little Canebrake Rattlesnake crossing the road at the Bodie Island lighthouse, a lifer herp for me. Photo by Nate Swick. Though our focus was birds, there’s plenty of other wildlife on the islands.
Wyndridge Farm Cidery: Crafty Cranberry Hard Apple Cider
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 1, 2017
But Wyndridge produces three other cider varieties, each labeled with an equally dapper rabbit, red fox, or cat – species I hardly associate with intoxicating inclinations, so I suspect the waxwing label wasn’t a comment on the occasional excesses of this species. Perhaps it’s only just getting started?
How To Help A Baby Bird
10,000 Birds
JUNE 1, 2011
What human can point out a fox hidden nearby and how to avoid it? A female red-tail may leave a nest to hunt for her two chicks and return to feed a rabbit to three chicks without noting an increase in the number of chicks a rehabber has placed there. Birds of prey look cool, but they can’t count. Owls are a little different.
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