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Spotlight: Maureen Eiger – To Intervene or Not to Intervene?

10,000 Birds

A parent bird’s instinct to feed and protect their young is very strong, and they will not willingly abandon their babies. Bird brought in by a cat or dog. Suspect” dog or cat interactions. Did you know a bird’s body has the ability to seal a small puncture wound within minutes? A hummingbird found on the ground.

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Birding Eastern Zimbabwe

10,000 Birds

This forced us to abandon the vehicle and walk the 15 miles to the nearest village where a bush-mechanic walked back with us at night to our vehicle and temporarily patched the hole. On one of my two trips to Haroni we were driving along the road when we came across a Serval, a medium-sized and beautifully marked cat.

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