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Junco Mashup

10,000 Birds

In my experience, I’ve noted how birders, particularly newer birders, can have a tendency to jump to conclusions when they see any sort of bird that doesn’t match up perfectly with the picture in the field guide. New Jersey mystery sparrow.

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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. Self-cleaning pens, never-empty feed buckets,” wrote Angel in South Carolina and Zoe in California. “A A filtration system that works on waterfowl pools without clogging,” wrote Linda in Connecticut.

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