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The Parakeet of City Streets, the Monk Parakeet

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But it is most probable that the birds are released or escaped pets. There are a lot of pet psittacines out there that escape or are released. Some articles speculate that the nests offer protection against the cold. Not many survive, and very few flourish. and Sam Logue. Urban Ecosystems , Sept.

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Wildlife Rehabilitator War Wounds

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Injured wildlife are not the most cooperative of patients. Wildlife rehabilitators have an arsenal of equipment and techniques we use to protect ourselves. I was working at the Coastal Wildlife Rescue Center here in Alabama, and he had either been blown in during a storm or caught a ride on a ship.

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Birds and People: A Book Review

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We sing about them, we paint them, we use them as mythic and poetic symbols for our spiritual and emotional feelings, we wear them in myriad and often colorful ways, we adopt them as household pets. We worship birds, we hunt birds, we protect birds, and, yes, we eat birds. As they say, the relationship is complicated.

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