The wild animals that live among us

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Do you know what kind of bird that is? And the first one?

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This is a “Lavadeira Mascarada”, Masked Water Tyrant, Fluvicola nengeta.

The other one I think is a “Sanhaço do Coqueiro”, Palm Tanager, Thraupis palmarum.

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“Bem-te-vi”, Great Kiskadee, Pitangus sulphuratus.

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“Periquito do encontro amarelo”, Yellow chevroned parakeet, Brotogeris chiriri.

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Good work!

What a cutie!

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I was just going to comment using that myself!

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You’re a good person! :heart_eyes_cat:
Hope kitty makes a good recovery :crossed_fingers:
Jarred baby food meat puree (Gerber Stage 2 chicken, turkey) can tempt kitties to eat when not much else will. Get the vet’s ok, of course.

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When we brought her in the second time and told them that she wasn’t interested in eating, they gave her an appetite stimulant and tried giving her some jarred baby food, but she wasn’t having it. They sent us home with a can of some prescription “urgent care” food, and we’re giving her a kitten milk formula and though it’s still a struggle, she’s eating more and more. They’re thinking that she’s so congested, she can’t smell it and that’s why she fights.

I’m giving her steam baths in the bathroom with the shower running a couple times a day, and it seems like she really benefits from that, at least for a little while.

But I’m optimistic that she’s turned the corner. :+1::hand_with_index_finger_and_thumb_crossed::pray:

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I hope she continues to improve quickly. :hugs: She is adorable and already not a feral. Great humaning, you! :heart_eyes_cat:

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Respiratory problems do cause that.

One of our cats has seasonal allergies and sometimes when she walks into the room it sounds like she’s playing a kazoo, due to the whistle boogers.

And our little guy just has a chronic respiratory infection. We tried everything with the feeding and different types of food, but eventually we ended up with a mix of medicine that helps enough - some goop for his runny eye and some drops for his nose (that smell awful but will definitely clear the sinuses). So now he mostly eats ok. Still sneezes a lot, but at least he’s not as stopped up.

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Flirting with danger.

Gavião Carcará, Caracara plancus, Crested Caracara.

Pombo, Columba livia domestica, Common pigeon.

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I live in an interesting part of London that is build on marshland. There’s a lot of green, open spaces, ponds and small canals.
This means we get a lot of wildfowl:
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Click to see the rest of the cormorant:
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There’s also a huge amount of Rose Ringed Parakeets, but while you know they’re there because of all the squawking, they’re ridiculously hard to get pictures of, because their camoflage is so perfect (which goes a long way towards explaining their proliferation!)

I also used to walk through Leicester Square every day on my way to work, and occasionally you’d be treated to mallards frolicking in Bill Shakespeare’s fountain bowl:
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It’s hard to tell which is the bird.

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Oh, It is a Falcon.

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Animal Man Vol 1, issue 2 by Grant Morrison and Chaz Truog.

Man, I really loved this comic book.

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little gecko dude, just chilling on the glass door.
pic taken from inside, so that’s his little belly and hands from underside!
cute!

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I frequently encounter these guys in the hills around my place. Can’t say that it isn’t at least a tiny bit tempting to invite one or two home to join us for dinner in a couple weeks, but I’ll probably stick to the frozen supermarket variety as usual.

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