We seem to have dodged that bullet:
somebody didn't read about our songbirds.
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Originally Posted by Green's Basin Girl
There haven't been any song birds coming to our feeders in months. All I see is an occasional blue jay or crow. I haven't seen any chickadees, nuthatches, tufted titmice, etc. Are there others who aren't seeing many birds?
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Could it be the presence of
feral cats?
An entire country—
New Zealand—is weighing a bill to considerably reduce the number of domestic cats.
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"...Cats are a globally invasive species. They kill millions of birds each year in Wisconsin alone. Cats feast on endangered North American ground-nesting birds such as the California clapper rail, least tern, and piping plover, any one of which is cuter than a laundry basket full of kittens. A study in the D.C. area a few years ago showed that in some neighborhoods (neighborhoods in which a lot of people who really ought to know better let their beasts roam free), outdoor cats eat basically all juvenile birds as soon as they fledge..."
http://www.slate.com/articles/health...src=most_viral
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