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The Big Black Bird Rescue

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We both have binoculars, and we’re watching a great big black bird. I don’t know if it’s an eagle or a crow or a vulture, I don’t know what it is, but I know it’s alive because we can see it moving its head.” “Can It’s right there near the train tracks. It’s a very large bird – are you strong, my dear? asked Maggie. “No,”

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Winging It In Tulsa

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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. I packed 643 pounds of toffee – right, Kim? Or was that how much I ate? I can’t remember; I suspect there was wine involved.

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Do Birds Feel Love?

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She’d then climb down my leg, waddle across the room, climb up Bill’s jeans, and bite him, once right in the middle of his back. 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. I know one thing.

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

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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? Wicked, right?

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