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JUNE 1, 2011

That’s an old wives’ tale that says bird won’t take care of a baby bird with a human smell on it–not true at all. If you cannot find the nest or it’s too destroyed, do not try and raise a chick this young. Young raptors like the above Bald Eagle chick are a different matter.

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JANUARY 2, 2015

“It is next to impossible to persuade people in India to donate money for injured raptors,” says Nadeem Shehzad, co-founder of Wildlife Rescue , a registered non-profit in the Chawri Bazar area of Old Delhi. Soon calls about injured birds poured in from animal hospitals, the police and fire departments, and various government agencies.

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DECEMBER 5, 2014

He was right; a cheerful, enthusiastic group of parka-clad people eventually arrived to watch slides, listen to tales of bird rescue and rehab, and buy some of my books. Each summer Seinna, her father, and her mother Christy raise nestling songbirds as subpermittees of WING-IT. Tuesday was also WING-IT’s fundraiser.

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MARCH 14, 2011

Sandhill Hunt: They’re Voting Now Sandhill Cranes: Game Birds? A Great Backyard Bird Count Miracle Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of January 2011) What is the International Bird Rescue Research Center Anyway? Where Are You Birding this Second Weekend of March 2009? It’s free!

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APRIL 22, 2012

While we’re used to declarations that our pet parrots “love” us just as we love them, and they can be quite demonstrative in showing their affection, the evidence is thinner for wild birds. Needless to say, this makes them quite pleasant to raise. I chalked it up to the fact that the three had been hand-raised from a young age.

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