These parrots, as shown on the ABC News website, appear to be using this Miami high rise hotel window ledge as refuge from Hurricane Irma. I think they are red-headed conures (although I am no expert so please put in your two cents if you think they are another type of bird). Wikipedia has this … Continue reading Climate Change: An Unnatural Disaster
Category: urban wildlife
CA City Targets Feral Cats for Extermination After Human Typhus Case
On Friday, KABC in Los Angeles reported that a person who lives in Santa Ana had tested positive for flea-borne typhus. Flea-borne typhus is associated with fleas who suck the blood of infected urban wildlife. The disease is spread to humans when a flea has fed on a typhus infected animal and then bites a … Continue reading CA City Targets Feral Cats for Extermination After Human Typhus Case
I Never Fool with Raccoons
Mainly because:LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) - A 74-year-old Lakeland woman was hospitalized after being mauled by a pack of raccoons she tried to shoo from her yard. Gretchen Whitted fell when five raccoons surrounded and attacked, suffering extensive cuts from her neck to her legs. "We're not talking about a lot of little bites here," Polk … Continue reading I Never Fool with Raccoons