A Field Guide is Every Bird Watcher's Companion

A Field Guide is Every Bird Watcher's Companion


The 13th anniversary of the passing of Roger Tory Peterson was a couple of weeks ago. The release of the North American edition of his Field Guide to Birds this past year prompts Steve Grinley to re-look at the man who revolutionized field guides and the effect that he had on birders like himself.

Trap, Neuter, and Release: Bad for Cats, Disaster for Birds

American Bird Conservancy has produced a new, short video "Trap, Neuter, and Release: Bad for Cats, Disaster for Birds." Each year, feral and free-roaming cats kill hundreds of millions of our nation's birds, putting additional pressure on the populations of many species that are in decline.

Trap, Neuter, and Release (TNR) programs catch feral cats, neuter them, and then release them back to their colonies, which are subsequently maintained by volunteers. In theory, cat colonies managed under TNR will diminish over time through attrition, and eventually disappear. In practice this is not the case. View the video here