Protecting Mallard Duck Babies from Stray Cat
I have a mother Mallard that has laid 9 eggs under a bush in my backyard, which is a very small, fully fenced in yard. There is no male Mallard in sight. My problem is that there is a feral cat that keeps attacking the mother Mallard..
I have 2 Mallard ducks and the female laid about 20 eggs the first time this year and never sat on them and since has laid 2 others next in the yard that predators got. So I cleaned out the solarium and put hay down and she made another nest and has laid more eggs.
How do I control garter snakes in my flower beds?
Plovers Making Noise Outside at Night
What can I do when you have annoying plovers outside at night?
We had a mallard hen lay 11 eggs, 1 was broken. She sat and hardly ever left. We thought they would start hatching about the 4th. We've been checking off and on. She was there Monday! Today she is not there and 3 shells are broken there is down in the nest.
Homemade Bird and Squirrel Food
I would like a recipe for homemade bird and squirrel food. Thanks.
Telling the Gender of a Rolly Polly
How can you tell if a rolly polly is a girl?
What can you feed a rolly polly?
Gestation Period for Goose Eggs
What is the time period for a goose egg to hatch?
What is the gestation period for a duck egg to hatch?
If a predator got the first eggs in nest (8) will mother return to lay more?
I found this snake in our garden shed and I don't want to kill it if it's not dangerous. It looks bigger than it is; it's just a baby. Please let me know. I Googled Arkansas snakes and there are hundreds of pictures, but none match this one!
Can someone please tell me how to care for a baby rabbit? It is small enough to fit in the palm of your hand and appears to be abandoned by it's mother.
Yesterday I found 4 duck eggs and I have been watching them. The mother hasn't come back, so I took them into my house and I am keeping them warm. I need to know when they are going to hatch, which then leads me to needing to know how old they are. Does anyone know how to tell how old an egg is?
A group of people at the beach save these beached dolphins. Nice video to see.
Name of Area Designated for Wildlife Protection
What do you call an area designated for the protection of wild animals, within which hunting and fishing are either prohibited or strictly controlled?
This picture was taken in London Ontario. I am trying to determine if it is a hawk or a falcon. (I think Falcon)
Identifying Small White Jelly Bean Shaped Eggs
I am trying to identify some small white jelly bean shaped eggs. Are they from a snake or lizard? I saw the part of a reptile, but I didn't want disturb it. I went back a couple of days later and a blue green lizard ran off, was he eating the eggs or were they the lizard's?
My grandson found a mole that is about 3 inches in length, but has no fur. We know what you feed a full grown mole, but how do we know if this is a small one or an older one?
We live on a golf course, and a few weeks ago a duck laid its eggs in a neighbor's empty clay flower pot filled with some dirt on her front porch. She has been sitting on them, but today it rained all afternoon, and when we went over to check, the eggs were floating in water in the pot.
I feed yellow and red finches year round. For the last four weeks the yellow finches have stopped coming. My daughter lives in Kernsnersville and she also has the same problem. I really miss the finches. It seems like they have just disappeared. What do you think?
What do ground moles eat?
Mother Duck Has Abandoned Her Nest
I noticed this morning that a mallard hen made a nest in my backyard. This afternoon I had a yard service put mulch down. When I got home the duck was gone and the eggs were covered with mulch.
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How to Create a Backyard Sanctuary for Birds
In March 2009, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar released the first ever comprehensive report on bird populations in the United States, which showed that nearly 1/3 of the nation's 800 bird species are either endangered, threatened, or in significant decline.
I have bird nests in some of my trees that were left over from last year. Should I take them down, or will birds use them again even though they didn't make them?
Steve Irwin "Crocodile Hunter" - Online Memorial
My family has been deeply saddened by the death of Steve. We would like to express our sympathy to our Aussie friends and to all of the people who loved him....worldwide. He truly was "one of a kind".
Protecting Birds from Striking Windows
The Audubon Society estimates that in the United States and Canada, as many as 1 billion birds die each year due to collisions with glass. Collisions that don't end in fatalities often leave birds temporarily stunned and vulnerable to predators, or worse, seriously injured and subject to a slow, painful death.
