Odds and Ends
Okay, this is an on hold post--I just got a call from The Raptor Center, they are going to do a check up on the injured peregrine falcon and said that I can come and watch.
But, before I go, I got a story from my buddy Amber:
Disregarding a plea from his own Fish and Game Commission, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law Saturday a bill that would ban the use of lead ammunition for hunting big game in the California condor range.
Assembly Bill 821, the Ridley-Tree Condor Preservation Act, written by Assemblyman Pedro Nava, D-Santa Barbara, requires the use of nonlead centerfire rifle and pistol ammunition when shooting big game or coyotes within specific areas of the state identified as the condor's range.
Who knew that Gov. Ah-nold would do something so right?? You can read more here.
Also, Bird Chaser has an entry up about cats being allowed to roam free in Cape May and asking should birders boycott the birding mecca to serve a lesson to the local government for ignoring all of us tourists who come to the town specifically for the birds. He also lists some other options too. It's a little late in the game for me to boycott--the Bird Blogger Conference is next week, but be sure that there will probably be some bloggin' about this issue. I would recommend that anyone going to this be very vocal with business that you are a birder and you are here for the birds and it would be a shame to lose tourism dollars over feral cats.
And if you need a Cinnamon fix, there's an entry over at Disapproving Rabbits Blog--complete with a video of her snarfing down some canned pumpkin.
But, before I go, I got a story from my buddy Amber:
Disregarding a plea from his own Fish and Game Commission, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law Saturday a bill that would ban the use of lead ammunition for hunting big game in the California condor range.
Assembly Bill 821, the Ridley-Tree Condor Preservation Act, written by Assemblyman Pedro Nava, D-Santa Barbara, requires the use of nonlead centerfire rifle and pistol ammunition when shooting big game or coyotes within specific areas of the state identified as the condor's range.
Who knew that Gov. Ah-nold would do something so right?? You can read more here.
Also, Bird Chaser has an entry up about cats being allowed to roam free in Cape May and asking should birders boycott the birding mecca to serve a lesson to the local government for ignoring all of us tourists who come to the town specifically for the birds. He also lists some other options too. It's a little late in the game for me to boycott--the Bird Blogger Conference is next week, but be sure that there will probably be some bloggin' about this issue. I would recommend that anyone going to this be very vocal with business that you are a birder and you are here for the birds and it would be a shame to lose tourism dollars over feral cats.
And if you need a Cinnamon fix, there's an entry over at Disapproving Rabbits Blog--complete with a video of her snarfing down some canned pumpkin.
Labels: Blog Conferences, Cinnamon, injured peregrine falcon
posted by birdchick at 9:21 AM
3 Comments:
Sigh...with control of feral cats, even catching and putting them down you will end up more. The best you can do is to catch and release and fix them. That way new ones won't move in. And to feed them but most feral cats you can't keep inside, only put them down, and then more would move in.
But I do believe cats should be kept indoors. Though one like Mr. Neil's Fred you can't.
Am not to happy right know, my own cat seems to have a liver infection in is at the vet. I don't know what I will do.
I would donate to local feral cat rescues and try and promote it that way. Along with what Bird Guy suggested.
kitmarlowescot2
I was wondering how the peregrine falcon was doing. I know that she isn't supposed to be given a name, but I chose one for her anyway. It has 6 letters and begins and ends with A. She'll know what it is because she's smart...she found you, right.
I'm looking forward to the update later on.
I don't like that my cat is such an outdoor one. But it's impossible to keep him in. Even if we keep doors shut he pushes through window screens, sits at the doors and yowls, waits and as soon as we open a door he bolts for it or tries to get out through crawl spaces. I hate it, but nothing I have done has helped so we just try to keep him as safe as possible. And yes, getting him sterilized was the first thing we did, so it's not that.
I thought of you last night because my husband and I were sitting on the porch waiting for the rain to roll in and out of nowhere we hear a bird and see it fall (we thought) from a tree. We rushed over to the playground across the street only to discover, in the middle of a heavily populated and trafficked neighborhood, it was a young hawk of some kind that had caught a mouse. We didn't see much more than a white chest, but now we know what that call is.
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