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How To (And Not To) Transport Wild Birds

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I am so happy to be back on 10,000 birds – I have missed Mike and Corey and my fellow Beat Writers! Normally I rant about environmental dangers and describe heartwarming/mind-boggling/headscratching wild bird rescues. Five hatchling House Sparrows in a Happy Meal box,” said Johanna Walton, also in Connecticut.

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First White-Tailed Tropicbird Sighted in Connecticut

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info) and is also USFWS licensed for migratory birds, specializing in waterfowl. I told him to bring me the bird, and while he was en route, I prepared a suitable enclosure. Upon arrival, I was surprised to see that the bird had a single, very long (perhaps 14”) tail feather – definitely not a tern.