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The Warbler, the Birder, and the Bivalve

10,000 Birds

And, Eric saying something about rescuing a bird! I suppose that if this was a larger bird it could have walked away with the mussel on its toe, but this was a Prothonotary Warbler, 14 grams in weight, and the mussel had essentially crippled him. Here was an ethical dilemma: The bivalve or the warbler?