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Springtime Tree Cutting and Wildlife

10,000 Birds

The Philadelphia Metro Wildlife Center in Norristown covers four Pennsylvania counties (including Philadelphia) and takes in over 3000 animals a year. Licensed wildlife rehabilitator and Assistant Director Michele Wellard relayed this story: In the spring a few years back, a man cut down a tree on his property outside Philadelphia.

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Rescuing the Rescuer

10,000 Birds

When the wolf is at the door, a wildlife rehabilitator will let him in. Jodi Swenson is a bird rehabber in Gloucester, MA. When my bird rehabbing memoir came out in 2009, HarperCollins sent me on a New England book tour. Jodi, who I’d never met, didn’t have any education birds, but showed up anyway. And feed him.

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