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Can Nature Take Care of Itself?

10,000 Birds

My work as a wildlife rehabilitator over the past forty-five years has allowed me a unique perspective on a disturbing trend. Lead remains in both fishing and hunting products, with strong lobbies that insist lead poisoning is not real, even as our facilities fill regularly with birds afflicted with it.

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Crazy Flickers

10,000 Birds

I didn’t know much about Flickers until I started volunteering at a wildlife rehabilitation center a couple of years ago. “They always seem to be flying into things.&# (Like cartoon animals always do). Flickers have other strategies. For some reason, Flickers seem amazingly accident prone.