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*UPDATE: 🩷💜🩵🐾🐈🐈‍⬛ LITTER HARMONY is safe, 06/02/2026.

🐾🐾🐾❤️ Rescue is unknown at this time.

‼️EUTH ALERT!‼️ 🆘 URGENT! LITTER HARMONY - Transitional Kittens NEED RESCUE by 5pm TODAY, 6/2/26! 🆘

✅ Plea from OC Animal Care: ✅

Litter Harmony (A1963492 & A1963493) arrived into our care on 5/30/26 and weigh .79 pounds and .82 pounds. They are not eating on their own yet and need further guidance. They are currently being treated for nasal and ocular discharge. They are hissy at first but allow handling and pets.

Please let us know by 5PM today (6/2) if your group can help them they may be humanely euthanized if declining.

✅ If your rescue organization can help LITTER HARMONY, please email the Rescue Coordinators by 5pm TODAY, 06/02/2026:

[email protected]

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Euth Alert!
A1963492 Litter Harmony
Comments: Underaged; Needs Rescue By 5pm 6/2
Status: MEDICAL
Intake Type: STRAY
Kennel: SURGWAIT05
S*x: Unaltered Female
Age: 5W
Weight: 0.79 Lbs
Breed: Domestic Sh
Color: Brn Tabby
Intake Date: 05/30/2026
Review Date: 06/02/2026
RT Data Review: 05-31-2026 11:51AM
Jurisdiction: SANTA ANA

Special Notes: needs rescue by 5pm 6/2
Updated: 06-02-2026 12:19PM

05-30-2026 Med Note: EXAMINATION scanned: no chip behavior: hissy, able to handle and treat P: 180 R: 32 MM pink CRT

The Bird at Your Feeder Is Hiding 17,000 Seeds in Its Neck
A Mourning Dove waddles quietly under your bird feeder. It doesn't scratch or kick up dirt like the sparrows; it simply walks, meticulously pecking one fallen seed at a time before suddenly vanishing into the brush.

We often think these gentle ground-feeders are just enjoying a leisurely, light snack before flying away.

In reality, Zenaida macroura (a widespread native, Least Concern species) possesses an expandable throat pouch called a crop. Instead of digesting in the open where they are highly vulnerable, they act as avian vacuums. A single dove can securely store over 17,000 tiny seeds in this pouch in one sitting.

Right now in April, doves are actively nursing their early spring broods. They rapidly gather massive amounts of calories, then retreat to a hidden woodland roost to safely digest and produce nutrient-rich "crop milk" for their nestlings. This rapid-foraging strategy minimizes their exposure to native predators like Cooper’s Hawks, while their movement helps disperse native seeds across the ecosystem.

You can support them by providing clean, scattered ground seed and keeping domestic cats indoors.

They don't linger because they have vulnerable chicks waiting in the canopy. Every rapid peck is a calculated risk to bring the harvest safely home.