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Post by bluemingidiot on Sept 20, 2019 2:12:41 GMT
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Post by Melissa on Sept 21, 2019 18:13:04 GMT
That is sad. We do what we can to help the bird population. We have two large oak trees in our front yard. For the last week the blue jays have been flocking to it eating the small acorns. I love to watch them!
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Post by bluemingidiot on Sept 21, 2019 20:11:09 GMT
People, and what comes with them, are a bigger threat to birds than climate change is to people.
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Post by dustawaits on Sept 21, 2019 21:56:32 GMT
I do not believe cats kill many birds. Poison on plants, seeds and lawns are the most likely cause. I know cats have nothing to do with deformities of frogs etc. What decreased the quail was fescue, eggs would not hatch or were infertile. Just like DDT caused eggshells to be thin and eagles not hatch, so fescue and sprays have harmed wildlife.
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Post by Use Less on Sept 21, 2019 22:55:05 GMT
I do not believe cats kill many birds. Poison on plants, seeds and lawns are the most likely cause. I know cats have nothing to do with deformities of frogs etc. What decreased the quail was fescue, eggs would not hatch or were infertile. Just like DDT caused eggshells to be thin and eagles not hatch, so fescue and sprays have harmed wildlife. There is a documented substantial increase in the number of feral cats. They will eat whatever they can catch. (National Geographic is one source. I'm inclined to trust them.) In some areas, there are fewer predators that would hunt those feral cats.
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Post by Use Less on Sept 21, 2019 22:56:09 GMT
People, and what comes with them, are a bigger threat to birds than climate change is to people. I so wish we had an, "I agree" button. "Like" just doesn't do it.
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Post by bluemingidiot on Sept 21, 2019 23:53:22 GMT
"With an estimated 80 million feral cats in communities across the United States, there is growing a controversy on how to deal with them." www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-activists-are-fighting-over-feral-felinesLets suppose each feral cat only kills one bird a week. 80 million x 52 = 4,160,000,000. For those who didn't major in math, that is four billion, one hundred sixty million birds.
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Post by Bear Foot Farm on Sept 22, 2019 0:18:53 GMT
There are over 4 billion more people now too.
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Post by Tim Horton on Sept 22, 2019 0:28:48 GMT
On occasion we have had feral cats this far out in the bush. Knowing our neighbors, it is obvious they are discards from town. Not sure all the details, but in a nut shell... The local shelter has some kind of policy if you surrender an animal, you are banned from ever adopting from the shelter. So you can guess what happens to an animal that would normally have been surrendered...
I read once about a small community that had a small lake on the edge of town. A public park on the lake, next to single family housing on and near the lake and an old hospital converted into a nursing home and assisted living. There was a large colony of feral cats in the park. After a long time working the TNR (trap, neuter(and spay), release) program it was found this system was not working. The local home owners along the lake implemented individual plans of live trapping the cats, and "float testing" the cat and trap off there boat docks.....
The advocate types had a real fuss over this. It was determined the homeowners could protect there property as needed.
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Post by bluemingidiot on Sept 22, 2019 3:06:01 GMT
Cats and people are both invasive species. Which is a major reason why I don't like cats--they remind me of people. Dogs, on the other hand, are far superior to both cats and people.
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Post by bowdonkey on Sept 23, 2019 9:56:32 GMT
The big wind generators are also killing birds. Studies have shown they can be quite substantial.
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