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

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Wild bird rehabilitators want bird parents to feed their own babies. We also try to re-nest uninjured baby birds so we don’t interfere with a bird’s breeding cycle. Putting a baby bird back in its nest is not always the right thing to do. It is illegal to keep a wild bird. After all, “Mother knows best.”

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Peregrine Falcons at the National Wildlife Refuges

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Peregrine Falcon at Delevan National Wildlife Refuge. With the help of a captive breeding program, the Peregrine bounced back, and in 1999, they were removed from the Endangered Species List. This one was right next to the road, a location where they can usually be spotted at this refuge.

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