10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Agonizing quandaries concerning invasive species are well-known to wildlife biologists. pets) that roam out-of-doors; At least 500 milllion birds are killed by cats each year (but the number is probably higher, maybe twice that or more); Cat feces, via which a dangerous parasite is distributed, amount to 1.2

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Feral Cats Cats Tnr Trap Neuter Return 268

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Great Green Macaw digiscoped at the Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras For many centuries throughout the world mankind has kept birds as pets. The introduction of exotic animals has extirpated and continues to threaten hundreds of species. What can we do while species disappear from the planet each year?

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Honduras illegal Parrots Pets 225

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2020

Two species of icterids populated the area, the presence of either was a direct indicator of the degree of water present. But for the time being we occupied ourselves observing two invasive species – Common Waxbills and Tricolored Munias. Both are direct results of the pet trade. Great Blue Heron. Common Waxbills.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

We can, of course, count wild, native, species. We can count vagrant species that made it to the area we are in under their own power. We can count introduced species that have met the criteria of the “Bird Police” for the area to which they are introduced. First of all, I don’t have a pet rooster.

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Chickens Florida Feral Eating Eggs 248

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2011

On a single trip I have seen four species of turtle, which must be my all time high in one day. Unfortunately, I have not managed a decent photograph of a Snapping Turtle in New Jersey yet, so you will have to be happy with shots of only three of the species I have spotted. They are also easily my favorite species of turtle.

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Turtles Terrapins New Jersey Reptiles 237

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2014

There is another area of the Queens County CBC where a team will also likely see Monk Parakeets , Myipsitta monachus , but I am seriously determined to count that bird for my area, Coastal Flushing, a section of northeast Queens, New York, that includes Whitestone, home of one of the loudest invasive bird species in the U.S. And cell towers.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2014

Miami, Florida has a reputation among the birding community for being overrun with exotic bird species. However, the typical birding experience for someone down here also includes a large menagerie of other species such as Orange-winged Parrot , Mitred Parakeet , Egyptian Goose and Nutmeg Mannikin. It is well-deserved.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2011

Mitred Parakeets are popular pets, commonly known as Mitred Conures. JFK Airport was a major hub for the importation of wildlife for the pet trade, and it is likely that birds escaped from quarantine during this period. The population may also be supplemented by releases of pet birds. from South America.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 3, 2010

A lot of very important information for pet owners, especially as we go into the summer season. Mosquitoes bite humans and animals with no regard to species, and they bring along a number of illnesses. As a pet owner, you will be obviously concerned about the safety and well-being of your beloved pet. Heartworms.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

The species that manage to colonize these islands evolve in competition with relatively few other species, developing survival strategies based on interdependence, co-evolution, and mutualism rather than adapting to deal with a broad range of predators and competitors. A species, wiped off the earth, never to exist again.

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Cuba Columbus Parrots DC 259

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2011

Our northern winters and highly developed landscape make New York City inhospitable to most species of lizard and it is no surprise that the two species that do occur in the Big Apple have their strongholds in the outer boroughs.* The range of the species extends as far south as Florida and as far west as Mexico and Texas.

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New York City New York Reptiles New Jersey 252

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 14, 2023

Even better, just a few meters away from the food vendors, it is not too crowded, and the palm trees attract a number of birds, including two species of parrots. That is mainly the Philippines, as indicated by the species name lucionensis (Luzon is the Philippines’ biggest island). The first one is the Blue-naped Parrot.

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Malaysia Philippines Parrots illegal 264

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 19, 2013

This form is thought to be a different species and the name Golden-bellied Woodpecker has been adopted by some. The accepted popular name may be woodpecker, but like so many birds, it has a few pet names used by those who are familiar with the species.

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Woodpeckers Argentina South America Adoptable 210

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Guyana’s capital city of Georgetown, a quaint, sprawling network of roads and waterways is a regulated introduction to the country’s 800+ species of birds. Wing-barred Seedeater was formerly a common sight on Tobago but intensive trapping for the pet trade has extirpated the species from that island.

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Guyana Parrots South America Trinidad 246

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 29, 2015

Another species of Python, the African Python ( Python sebae ) has established a small population in the 2,877-acre Bird Drive Area (BDA) in South Florida. Photo Credit: Invasive and Exotic Species of North America (www.invasive.org). The invasive Burmese Python ( Python molurus ) is well established in the Florida Everglade.

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Pythons Florida Mammals Reptiles 227

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The Common Waxbill looks like it belongs in a pet shop rather than in the wild. In fact, this is probably a species that has substantially expanded its original range through the pet shop route and the resulting escapees. The HBW describes the species as “striking”, which is well deserved.

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South Africa Africa Lesotho Nigeria 264

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

Superficially similar to Fork-tailed Flycatcher, especially if you don’t know that this species exists! Most of these birds are escaped/freed pets who have established breeding populations, and many of these populations are growing; others could be falconer’s birds, or part of a zoo or private collection.

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San Francisco San Diego Connecticut South America 203

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 24, 2022

It is a relatively small hornbill, and not very shy – some photos below were taken on the campgrounds of Kruger Park, which more or less seem to be the species’ natural habitat by now. Also, it is the largest species of hornbill worldwide and frankly, it still is a bit miffed that it is not called Giant Hornbill.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 19, 2024

Still, I did manage to see a decent 65 species in 6 hours, and many of them stayed quite close to me, allowing for some nice photos. The lovely Rufous-capped Warbler is something of a flagship species for this site. I am always down for the day when I get home. But you can often see it at L os Filtros Viejos.

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Mexico Squirrels Turtles Sparrows 246

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

This particular species is not native to New Zealand (similar to its status in North America). In areas where starlings are introduced, the laws for keeping them as pets are relaxed. The woman in the video found it as a chick at a few days old and hand reared it.

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New Zealand North America Laws Raised 195

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2023

On the slow crawl into the farm, the first sighting was a small group of Green Ibis – a new species for me. Endemic to the Guianan shield, this species has captivated me since I first laid eyes on a photograph of it. Most notably of which was a pair of Blood-colored Woodpeckers. I had never before seen a Limpkin do this.

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Farming Guyana Birds South America 246

10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2022

So, the basic idea is to show 15 species of Australian birds in each post and give you the usual trivia about them. This species has also eliminated the need for childcare – the chicks emerge from this pile on their own and never even get to see their parents. Similarly, the Grey Shrikethrush is neither a shrike nor a thrush.

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Australia Koalas Parrots Birds 257

10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2022

Even so, in the short term, it can be hard to accept that hundreds of species are close to being extinguished from this irreplaceble tapestry of life, that hundreds more are headed for the same eventual abysmal stop. We would see how species that used to be common, even abundant, became remnants of their former, robust populations.

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Costa Rica Parrots Albatross Protection 279

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The somewhat shoddily edited Wikipedia entry on sunbirds states that there are 145 species in one paragraph and then talks about 146 in the next. There isn’t really a lot of interesting information on the individual sunbird species – but the photos hopefully still make this a post worth looking at.

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Indonesia Asia Species Raised 243

10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2022

Not bad given that the 5 families in the inner circle of the laughingthrush family have a combined number of about 68 species. The Hainan version is sometimes considered a separate species, in which case it is classified as Near Threatened. 36, if my counting is right and there has been no very recent split or lump.

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San Diego Malaysia China Zoos 274

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

And they would realize that any species whose young tried to nurse with a pointed beak would be a short-lived species. A pet cat raising orphaned ducklings! They would realize that wild owls fly silently through the night and grab unwary rodents, not unsuspecting packages of processed cow meat. How cute!

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Wildlife Feral Cats Hamburgers 257

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2015

Can your hearts be so species-specific? Can you convince yourselves that your cat does not kill birds, when statistics show pet cats only bring home 23% of their kills? It’s natural.”). Can you talk about how much you love your cat, and ignore the shredded bodies of the birds it mutilates?

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Feral Cats Feral Cats Rescue 255

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Most likely, all individuals of a given species have very similar genes guiding very similar developmental processes, but produce different results because the plasticity itself is selected for. If you capture birds (to make them pets) from the wild, and they get out, they are good at avoiding predators. The bottom line is this.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

However, ongoing research at Sia Essential Species Repository (see below) reveals this is not always the case, and that there are actually five phases between albino and leucistic. Leucism, however, is the result of reduced coloration of all types of skin pigments, which sometimes leads to mottled coloring and patches of white.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Delaware Wildlife Raccoons 250

10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2014

Birds hatch out of eggs, like some species of snakes, who also have no boobs, although with a snake the fact is more readily apparent. Birds have no boobs. Although it might look like they could have a pair or two lurking beneath all those chest feathers, they actually don’t.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2012

We have just three native species of lizard in New York State ( Northern Fence Lizard , Five-lined Skink and Coal Skink ) and one introduced species ( Italian Wall Lizard ). The female of the species lays ten to thirty eggs in a burrow she digs about 65 days after mating.

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New York Reptiles Eggs South America 183

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

This is common with life-threatening situations and expected; any ancient ancestors who would have not paid heed to close calls would have likely been quickly and savagely selected from the gene pool (just trying to pet the Short-faced Bear again…). These smart looking birds are tropical sparrows.

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Costa Rica Birds Litter Farming 264

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

The birds are then rinsed to remove the detergent at the rinse station using 106 o water at 40 to 60 PSI After being dried with commercial pet dryers Michelle explains, “they come out with their feathers all puffed out. [link] This is where the washing of oiled birds takes place at the San Francisco Bay facility. They are transformed.”

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Bird Rescue Rescue San Francisco Pelicans 254

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 15, 2012

Friskies just introduced the first duel-species tablet game, “You vs. Cat,” available for iPad and iPad2 tablet devices. Humans aren’t the only species vying for gaming supremacy when it comes to “You vs. Cat.” Have you ever wanted to play a game with your cat on your iPad? Now you can!

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 23, 2013

No buying invasive fish from the pet store and tossing them into a pond, where they will grow into behemoths and devour the native species. No released doves, who will look lovely and symbolic as they depart, then starve to death when no one shows up to feed them. It’s a wonderful thing when people unite to cherish someone’s memory.

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Wildlife North Carolina Agenda Raised 260

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 12, 2020

And while this poisonous species is usually red and spotted, older examples can lose their spots and take on an orange hue. ” These guys would have let me pet them, had I been so inclined. (As It was not until I got home that I discovered my first orange mushrooms were edible, and highly prized.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

These large parrots are popular in the pet trade, and that’s a likely source of the population of this species on Trinidad. Somewhere in the distance, the faint call of a Grey-headed Kite echoed, marking the second species I recorded for the morning that I never previously had at that location (the first was Striped Cuckoo).

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