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A Wild Bird Rehabber Says Farewell

10,000 Birds

I was used to photos shared by rehabbers – gory wounds, wince-inducing x-rays, fledglings with terrible feathering thanks to uninformed “rescuers.” Not only that, the blog writers were fabulous. I had a blog of my own, but eventually I thought, I wonder if Mike and Corey would let a bird rehabber into their birder world?

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Birding the Ndumo area, South Africa

10,000 Birds

Ndumo Game Reserve lies in the Easternmost part of South Africa, close to the border of Mozambique and Eswatini. And of course, what you see in the background of these two photos is a Bronze Mannikin , giving me what is perhaps one of the best links in the personal history of my bird blog writing (low standards, admittedly).

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Black Bear

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A month or so ago I stated my intention to alter the way I blog and one thing I wanted to get back into that I did for a brief time last year was podcasting. He was bleeding from several bullet wounds, and visibly in excruciating pain. Or as if the other team is even aware the game is being played and has agreed to participate.

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