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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. Yes, there was an American Kestrel inside!” said Alix Parks of Happinest Wildlife Rehab in Tennessee.

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How To Help A Baby Bird

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Owls are a little different. They don’t build nests and some like Great Horned Owls take over old hawk or squirrel nests. Before baby owls (like the above Great Horned Owl chicks) are able to fly, they go through what is called a “brancher phase.&# Their feet are already fully grown and very strong.

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