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Wildlife Rehabilitator War Wounds

10,000 Birds

Wildlife rehabilitators have an arsenal of equipment and techniques we use to protect ourselves. I was wearing the lead x-ray apron and heavy raptor gloves, so I thought I was protected. All the way through – and a brand-new volunteer had to pull it out! Turtle bites hurt!”. “I I knew he was going to be trouble.

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Those magnificent places down the Danube

10,000 Birds

Not a falcon, but a female Eurasian Sparrowhawk , drying its soaked feathers after the rain that was falling while we were protected by the trees. One threatened European Turtle Dove takes flight from a roadside hedge. Eurasian Wryneck by Martien Brand / Wikimedia Commons. European Turtle Dove – Streptopelia turtur.

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