10,000 Birds
MAY 20, 2011
Fortunately, a pair of fellow Queens birders who will be known to those who read my posts about going to Ecuador, Karlo and Alison Mirth, witnessed a Tufted Titmouse taking hair from a Raccoon in Forest Park, Queens, recently and Alison got some pictures that she agreed to let me share here on 10,000 Birds. … a.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 18, 2021
Jan Turner took in a raccoon cub delivered by a well-meaning couple determined to get it where it needed to go. The prize for presentation goes to the folks who delivered this very small opossum to Michelle Wellard in Philadelphia. “A pinky mouse…a day or two old… in a dishwasher box,” wrote Cindy Sobels Sniecinski in Michigan.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 17, 2011
Eastern flyway breeding populations appear to be maxing out their available habitat, and are subject to abundant natural limitations such as ground predation by coyotes, foxes, raccoons and opossums. The handful of pairs that are attempting to nest in Ohio appear to winter in Tennessee. What if they’re shot?
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 9, 2013
I wish people would start appreciating the misunderstood animals out there, like snakes and opossums,” wrote Elissa in New York. I’d like a hit squad to visit the people who call me in the middle of dinner or at 3 AM to tell me they have a baby raccoon they found two weeks ago,” wrote Kathy in Indiana. Change in Attitude. “I
4 The Love Of Animals
JANUARY 31, 2012
Erubbermaids “Roughneck” homes create the perfect winter sanctuary for feral cats Opossums, raccoons and skunks. Other animals, like opossums, are more used to the cold but will take advantage of the spiffy new digs as well. If you’re looking for an inexpensive way to help the furry friends in your backyard, this is it.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 8, 2016
Another time I was wearing gloves, just as I should have been, and an adult raccoon bit through them and took a divot out of my middle finger. When I rescued a mother opossum and her babies from a trashcan full of filthy water, she bit my finger,” said Bettina Bowers. And it wasn’t even the opossum, it was the nasty water.”. “My
Animal Person
JULY 7, 2009
I don't know if she was being sarcastic, but in my town I see dead armadillos, opossums, raccoons, all manner of turtles, and squirrels dead in the middle of the road frequently. I tweeted about a similar incident about a month ago and someone replied that she was glad there was someone fighting for the safe-dining rights of hawks.
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