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How To (And Not To) Transport Wild Birds

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And another one,” she added, “in a tampon box.” “A Big Brown Bat in a large glass terrarium,” said Marlene Ehresman in Iowa, “because the people wanted to make sure it wouldn’t escape.” Bat finders often want to insure there’s enough room between them and the bat. Soaked and ice cold! ” I wrote.

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Glue Trapped

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But be it a mouse, bird, bat, gecko, kitten … it’s a very bad way to go, and no creature should have to suffer death by torture. “My I only had one sticky trap bird,” says Laura Westlake, a rehabber on Long Island, New York. “A says Lisa Kelly, of Teatown Lake Reservation in New York. Ugh, glue traps!”

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Meet Suliformes, one of the newest orders of birds

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Brown Boobies ( Sula leucogaster ), Islas Coronado, Baja California © David J. A pair of Brown Boobies ( Sula leucogaster ) tends a chick on Middle Rock, Islas Coronado, Baja California © David J. Brown Pelicans , and the northernmost Brown Booby breeding colony on this side of the Pacific. And, the birds are awesome.

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Birding and Safari-ing South Africa with the ABA

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There were birders from a wide cross-section of the United States: Colorado, Ohio, Idaho, Iowa, Wyoming, Washington State, Pennsylvania, New York State, New Jersey, California, Texas, Florida. We also got great views of a very small mammal, Wahlberg’s Epauletted Fruit Bat, at Satara. I am a birder, after all.

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Collaborative list – June 2019

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449–543 Cross Bay Blvd, New York US-NY (40.6103,-73.8191). Brookville Park, New York US-NY (40.6436,-73.7443). Brookville Park, New York US-NY (40.6436,-73.7443). Brookville Park, New York US-NY (40.6436,-73.7443). California Quail – Callipepla californica. 01 Jun 2019.

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Collaborative list – January 2020

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752 County Road 99W, Willows, California, US (39.43, -122.187). California Quail – Callipepla californica. 82-29 Abingdon Rd, New York US-NY (40.7088,-73.8342). California Gull – Larus californicus. 82-29 Abingdon Rd, New York US-NY (40.7088,-73.8342). Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis.

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Collaborative list January 2021

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Mike doubled up with “smushed”, a new addition to the adjective list. Perhaps it is common parlance in the wilds of New York State, but it is a new one for the people of Kent. The life list received an exciting boost straight out of the blocks, Mike and Kai added 3 lifers on January 1st.

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