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Linda Hufford: A Rehabber Comments on “Collecting” Rare Birds

10,000 Birds

This week’s guest blog was written by Linda Hufford, who has been a wildlife rehabilitator specializing in raptors for over twenty years. She runs Birds of Texas Rehabilitation Center in Austin County, Texas. As a wildlife rehabilitator, I’ve used many of their gathered facts to improve my bird care.

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Baby Bird Identification: A North American Guide–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

An impressive combination of research and artwork, combined with a pragmatic organization aimed towards quick identification, and education, Baby Bird Identification extends the frontiers of bird identification guides and is an important contribution to wildlife rehabilitation literature.

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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

10,000 Birds

Got to finish browsing for the fawns and collecting chiggers,” wrote Becky, from an island off North Carolina. Violation of the law would be punishable by substantial fines, plus the cat owners would be required to perform community service at a local wildlife rehabilitation facility. Change in Attitude. “I

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Raising Money For the RSPCA with MusicMagpie

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Once you have gathered up all you cds, dvds, and video games go online to the musicMagpie website and scan in their barcodes using a web cam – alternatively manually enter the digits of your unwanted collection online and you will be given an individual price for each one.

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On the Freezing of Birds

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I was watching a news segment on a wildlife rehabilitation center here in Florida. It was time to feed the bird of prey who was about to be released and while the rehabber was speaking with the interviewer someone emerged from a walk-in freezer with a tray of baby chicks.