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How To (And Not To) Transport Wild Birds

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Normally I rant about environmental dangers and describe heartwarming/mind-boggling/headscratching wild bird rescues. Occasionally I host wildlife rehabilitator vent-fests, where I post a question on Facebook and duly note the rehabber responses. Two wildlife biologists brought me a Golden Eagle inside a metal pipe.”

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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. This little Eastern Screech-Owl arrived sometime thereafter, and, no doubt, has regretted it every day for the last six months. At first Lisa Acton, the New York rehabilitator who took the owl in, thought he was dead.

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

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The Kentucky Ornithological Society and the Beckham Bird Club have both come out strongly against the hunting season. of Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Jon Gassett has indicated that if enough people write in protest, the proposed hunting season–due to start this December– will be reconsidered. Kentucky Dept.

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