Sentences with phrase «nonnative birds»
But they don't seem to bug the islands» native and nonnative birds.
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Nonnative animals such as cats and rats had driven this Hawaiian bird to extinction on all but one island.
Washington, DC, REVISED May 12, 2009 — The Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC) gratefully recognizes the collaborative efforts of pet owners, aquarium societies, bird clubs, herpetological societies, hobby clubs, pet organizations, and pet industry members who took time to educate their communities and express their concerns about the proposed Nonnative Wildlife Invasion Prevention Act (HR 669).
Cal Baca, chief of the state's Wildlife Management Division, said in a recent letter to the mayor that feral cats «are nonnative predators introduced by humans» and harm the bird population.
Nonnative rats are responsible for up to 60 % of bird and reptile extinctions in the world, Faulkner said.
Federal scientists blame successive building booms, the clatter of civilization, encroachment by nonnative vegetation and predation by crows, ravens, cats and dogs for the demise of the tiny gray and white birds that lay their eggs in small sandy depressions with easy access to ocean water.