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A Rehabber’s List of Worst Bird Myths

10,000 Birds

Rehabbers are very responsive, although constantly living under the gun makes us sometimes vent about species that aren’t necessarily the ones in question. Porcupines throw their quills! Porcupines can’t shoot their quills, any more than people can shoot their hair. Feel free to vent!”. Bats just love to fly into human hair!”

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Photo Essay: Green-rumped Parrotlets from Egg to Adult

10,000 Birds

My morning routine has already been simplified down to the essentials – roll out of bed and out from under the protective mosquito net, pull on dirty odorous field clothes, munch down a quick breakfast. stuffing the chicks full of delicious seeds, most commonly including seeds from species of Croton and Hyptus.

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