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

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Bird brought in by a cat or dog. Call and transport the bird to a bird rehabber ASAP. Even if you do not see an obvious wound, cat or dog saliva, which is full of nasty bacteria, can still get into a bird’s eyes/orifices and will eventually kill the bird; it will just die more slowly and painfully.

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15 Australian Birds (Episode 4)

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” Of course, as a certified cat person, I was delighted to see a Green Catbird near Brisbane. It is certainly not true that writing a post about Australia and not mentioning flying foxes is illegal, but why take the risk? When I publicly present bird photos, I sometimes play the call of the bird and ask what they think it is.

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