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The Big Black Bird Rescue

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It’s right there near the train tracks. It’s a very large bird – are you strong, my dear? Lisa, who by then was envisioning rescuing a condor near a maximum security prison, enlisted her mother as backup. Lisa’s mother walked toward the train tracks, picked up a black plastic grocery bag, and looked at her daughter inquiringly.

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How To Help A Baby Bird

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If a baby bird at this stage is taken to a rehabber, it’s waste of the rehabber’s time and the chicks will miss valuable training from their parents. They give them warning calls, teaching them what is dangerous and when to hide. What human can point out a fox hidden nearby and how to avoid it?

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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?

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