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Native reptiles and birds, including the Be’er Sheva fringe-fingered lizard, the pin-tailed sandgrouse and the spectacled warbler, are now fall easy prey for crows and jays perched in the tree branches.

“He doesn’t have much purchase on pesticides from his perch,” Cook said.

Watching from a perch in the surveillance age, her reticence is understandable.

Crowds of birdwatchers flocked to a quiet cul-de-sac after a rare sighting of a species perched on a garden washing line.

There, zebra mussels and quagga mussels have thrived and caused a major decline in the yellow perch fishery.