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Identifying the Mystery Bird

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“Okay, fellow songbird rehabbers,” wrote Vonda Lee Morton of Laurens Wildlife Rescue on her FaceBook page. “Is Aha, Georgia, so it’s too small for a Carolina Wren and there aren’t any House Wren s in your area during breeding season.”. “You don’t have many breeding warblers down there, do you? Nearly inaudible.”.

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The Medicine Bird

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“I’ve seen her around, when I was setting my traps,” said the trapper himself, who brought her to Tamarack Wildlife Center , in Saegertown, PA. This is why certain wildlife rehabilitators end up misanthropic and homicidal. Birds Albino leghold traps leucistic Red-tailed Hawk wildlife rehabilitators' She is a medicine bird.

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A Marbled Godwit Foraging Near Seal Rock San Francisco

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I didn’t get a shot of the Marbled Godwit near Seal Rocks in flight but I wanted you to be able to see the bird with wings outstretched so Mia came to my rescue. It’s nice to have friends that are excellent wildlife photographers.

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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. Ok, so you’ve rescued a bird. If you have the desire to rescue and feed baby birds, become a volunteer with a federally permitted bird rehabber; we can always use the help! After all, “Mother knows best.” Find a box.

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Attempt to Recover Sumatran Rhino Species

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A breeding program in Malaysia will attempt to breed a rescued Borneo Sumatran rhino in order to save the endangered species. Tags: captive breeding rhino asia malaysia. Their numbers are so low that they might drift into extinction if no one does anything," Payne told The Associated Press.

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Cats Indoors Compromise!

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Asian Leopards are about house cat sized and can breed with house cats giving a bit more wild animal to your domestic pet. After Lorraine learned what a job it is to keep just a fourth generation Bengal, she got involved with Bengal Rescue and now helps foster and find homes for unwanted Bengals.

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My Favorite Release

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So I asked seven wildlife rehabilitators, “Tell me your favorite (or one of your favorites) release story – the kind that makes you keep going, in spite of everything.”. “A Their population is in serious decline, so their breeding colonies are monitored by biologists. Birds bird releases wildlife rehabilitators'