are killed by cats in the continental U.S. each year. Please keep your cats indoors!

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what is bending backward is actually its ankle. Below its ankle is an extended foot bone, leading to the toes. A bird’s real knee is

was in 2003 with a total of 6,546 raptors documented. Our average is around 5,000 birds.

Some stay with their mates for 50 years or more.

is currently vulnerable to climate change impacts such as droughts, floods, heat waves, extreme weather events and sea-level rise. 11% is about 800 million people.

There are over 9,500 species of birds in the world. Scientists typically group them into 30 categories. Birds are the most widespread of all animals

polluted approximately 1,180 miles of coastline and killed up to 100,000 seabirds.

most birds do not have bladders to store urine.

don’t sing. Instead, they will drum their beak against a tree. Other woodpeckers can identify which bird it is by the sound of the drumming.

Instead, they have extra vertebrae in their necks to allow their heads to turn further. They can turn their head around to see straight behind