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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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The general public is out and about, birds and animals are raising their young, and human/wildlife interaction is at its peak. wrote Heilke in Colorado. A hot tub for my sore muscles,” wrote Sigrid in Colorado. “A It’s August, and first on the menu is: Fried Rehabber. Summer is high season. Personal Things. “A

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Forgotten Prairies

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Here in Colorado many species are affected, but perhaps none more than our beautiful Mountain Plovers and Ferruginous Hawks. They often build their nests in open savannas where it sticks out like a sore thumb. I feel blessed to live in Colorado where I can see these beauties in migration and breeding.

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Backyard Birding in Breckenridge

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But before we get to that there was a creature that really wanted a feeder of its own and seemed used to getting fed by humans. Gorgeous animals, and amazingly graceful, but a bit worrying when they are sitting a foot or two from your six-year-old who was sorely tempted to give them a snack. Well, actually, there were two.

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