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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!

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Sentient: a book review

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The vampire bat is the vehicle for a discussion of what Higgins calls the human sense of pleasure and pain (but not, as to the latter, for the reason you might think). As late as 1963, Higgins says, there were various theories that sought to explain the hunting prowess of owls – smell, night vision, the ability to detect body heat.

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Bird Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Avian Lives–A Book Review

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He is also a sculptor and a naturalist and has combined his observations with his art in past titles, notably House of Owls (2015), In the Company of Crows and Raven s (2005), and Marine Birds and Mammals of Puget Sound (1982). The Barn Owl sweeps down in darkness at midnight, moonlight illuminated his wings and face. .”

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February Birds from Costa Rica

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On the birding side of life, winter birds were still around, there will still chances at finding some rare owl or getting binoculars on an undulating bunch of crossbills but mostly, I was tired of the cold and just counting the days until Spring. Thanks to protection, tame and easy to see at various sites! Great Curassow.

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Grassy Green Space in the Central Valley- Trash Habitat or Prime Real Estate for Oddball Birds?

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Keep birding and you might see a White-tailed Kite hovering as it hunts rodents and one of the few Bat Falcons in the Valley might dash into view. I worry because no protection is given to such supposed “trash” habitats. You might hear the prominent notes of a Gray Hawk and Southern Lapwings.

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Power Companies and Springtime Tree Removal

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But there are ways to prevent this situation, and to prevent the constant springtime problem of wildlife being orphaned… like these Barred Owls , above left, and Red-Shouldered Hawks , all of whom were delivered as eggs to Christine’s Critters in Weston, CT, thanks to two different private homeowners’ felling of trees. Ah, Europe!

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A Rehabber’s List of Worst Bird Myths

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Bats just love to fly into human hair!” If you see an owl,” wrote Mikal Deese, “someone in your family is going to die. That’s why I can’t take owls to a lot of my education programs out here in New Mexico.”. My kids and I have had an awful lot of owls not only in our sight, but in our house, and we’re still here.