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Spotlight: Maureen Eiger – To Intervene or Not to Intervene?

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We also try to re-nest uninjured baby birds so we don’t interfere with a bird’s breeding cycle. It needs to be properly medicated and triaged. Most likely the bird will need to be medicated for a few days “just in case.”. It is illegal to keep a wild bird. After all, “Mother knows best.” A hummingbird found on the ground.

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The Wryneck: Biology, Behaviour, Conservation and Symbolism of Jynx torquilla: A Book Review

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The Eurasian Wryneck is the woodpecker that doesn’t look like a woodpecker, the bird with the portmanteau name that is also a medical condition (and which may remind some people of a Nora Ephron essay). Many photographic images are full or half-page, allowing us to enjoy the elegance or weirdness of the image.

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The Falcon Thief: A Book Review

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They live in air-conditioned quarters and cared for in the most modern of avian medical facilities, with its own ophthalmology wing and intensive care unit. a close childhood friend of Lendrum’s, Howard Waller, breeds falcons for Sheikh Butti bin Maktoum, a member of the Dubai royal family.

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