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Wildlife Rehabilitators vs. Bird Thieves

10,000 Birds

Jodi Swenson of Massachusett’s Cape Ann Wild Bird Rescue released a crow named Odin, who occasionally still appears at her open window. He’ll knock over people’s cleaning buckets and run off with all their tools, then when they’re distracted, he’ll fly down and grab their hat.”. Anything for a hat,” she said.

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The Warbler, the Birder, and the Bivalve

10,000 Birds

Lisa had climbed down too, and the Nature Center worker had gone for tools. It wasn’t until Eric carefully picked up the bird that we could see that it hadn’t been trapped in a rock crevasse, the expected problem. The warbler had gotten stuck.