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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. said Alix Parks of Happinest Wildlife Rehab in Tennessee.

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The Tar Side of Green Products

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It is a non-drying, sticky compound that is used to protect trees by forming a barrier against climbing insects. She called Contech Enterprises, the Canadian parent company of Tanglefoot, but she was passed from employee to employee until she hung up in frustration.

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The Story of Russell A. Crow

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Although many injured wild birds cannot tolerate captivity, Russell was not one of them. He was placed in a wildlife center in Red Lodge, Montana, where he can live out his life, safe and protected, throwing the occasional apple, with other grounded crows for company.