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Birds at the Bell

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Perhaps some other time I’ll write in more detail about the links between Minnesota’s Bell Museum and birds. Cranes are a bid deal in Minnesota, and they are a big deal at the Bell. Anybody out there know why the Mississippi Kite has abandoned most of the Mississippi? There are many. Hungry Lynx will eat bird.

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Feral Cats in American Cities

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The other day, Minneapolis, Minnesota passed a feral cat ordinance. … The ordinance would allow Minneapolis residents to establish cat “colonies” where abandoned and wild cats can be fed but also vaccinated, neutered and identified in an effort to humanely cut their population and control disease. .

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How To Help A Baby Bird

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When that isn’t possible, many raptor rehabbers keep tabs on nests and will place an abandon chick in a foster nest. Some even go as far as to rebuild the nest or make a platform beneath the nest and place the chick on that. Birds of prey look cool, but they can’t count.

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