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Linda Hufford: A Rehabber Comments on “Collecting” Rare Birds

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This week’s guest blog was written by Linda Hufford, who has been a wildlife rehabilitator specializing in raptors for over twenty years. She runs Birds of Texas Rehabilitation Center in Austin County, Texas. Can a dead bird educate the researcher on its song? Or how gracefully it flew? Its natural longevity?

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Trumpeter Swans: Don’t Shoot Them

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There are a lot in the Mississippi Flyway these days. Overall they are pretty amazing birds. This morning’s news had this: During this year’s open of waterfowl season, the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center admitted more trumpeter swans for bullet wounds than ever before. Three hunters have been charged.

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