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What’s In the Freezer for Tonight?

10,000 Birds

My mammal-rehabber friends give me their unfortunates, as well. But I was on a work deadline, so by the time I arrived at the zoo the vulture had eaten several pork chops and some very nice free-range chicken. or were diseased, they go in the freezer, and eventually become food for a recovering raptor.

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Filling the Gap Left By DeBooy’s Rail

10,000 Birds

By far the most commonly seen bird on most of the islands in the region – and the only one every islander can identify on call – is Gallus gallus (the feral chicken). Also frequent escapees (or very free ranging domestics) are guinea fowl and to a lesser extent a number of other gamebirds up to and including peacocks.