10 more Doves and 1 Sparrow

      I released ten Doves and one Sparrow for the hospital yesterday. I went inside my house for one minute, came back out to make sure they had flown away and a feral cat had showed up out of nowhere. I was  unable to catch the cat, but I did scare the whiskers off of it.
     One Dove was still sitting on the ground when I walked out after dark to check on them. So at least I know the cat didn't come back. I recaptured this Dove as it is just very fat and not injured. I think as soon as it loses some weight it will be able to fly then I'll re-release it.
     If some native animal like a Hawk or Raccoon attacked the Dove I'd just look the other way. But for a feral cat to eat one means war. For every hour I spend helping to raise native speices I spend 10 hours fighting exotics.

Earlier at the Hospital...
     I took the baby Gopher Tortoise out to a field to graze. At fist it was shy but as soon as I put it on the ground it chowed down. I've noticed most Gopher Tortoises eat for about a half hour and then stop and this tiny baby did that. I had to pick it up three times while it was eating becuase extoic/invasive Fire Ants (Solonopis invictas) kept finding the baby and attacking it. You know I stommped those Fire Ants.
     I hand fed the one adult Gopher Tortoise we have left, the Spurthighed Tortoise, Red Legged Tortoise some watermellon and the Emu some grapes. These animals eat more healthy than I do.
     I swept some of the side walks and took the recycling cardboard.
     I took home the above mentioned Dove and Sparrow.