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How To (And Not To) Transport Wild Birds

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Occasionally I host wildlife rehabilitator vent-fests, where I post a question on Facebook and duly note the rehabber responses. Today’s topic comes from Tracy Anderson in Hawaii: what was the strangest container (or method of transport) in which you have received wildlife? said Alix Parks of Happinest Wildlife Rehab in Tennessee.

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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. A filtration system that works on waterfowl pools without clogging,” wrote Linda in Connecticut. It’s August, and first on the menu is: Fried Rehabber. Summer is high season. Change in Attitude. “I

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10,000 Birds goes eBirding

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Some states have no species at all, not even a pigeon, crow, or sparrow: Hawaii , Utah , Nebraska , Oklahoma , Minnesota , Iowa , Wisconsin , Kentucky , West Virginia , Mississippi , Alabama , Connecticut , and Rhode Island. Even the nation’s capital has been ignored.

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The Parrots of Howard Beach

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North of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens is a middle class neighborhood, predominantly Italian-American, known as Howard Beach. Used to pigeons, sparrows, and starlings, that urban trifecta of introduced birds, it takes a few moments for the idea of a flock of parrots over city streets to really sink in. Named for William J.

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Shedding Tears For Shorebirds

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Photographed at Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge, MT. Spew at sparrows. Compared to something like a Connecticut Warbler , they are just begging to be looked at. Photographed at Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge, ND. Photographed at Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge, ND. See, it’s not so scary!

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Aslin Beer Company/Two Roads Brewing Company: Under the Wire

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To birders, the search for raptors perched at the very tops of telephone poles, or for neatly arranged rows of sparrows or buntings sitting on the low-slung lines draped between them is one of the chief joys of any drive through the country.

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Pipits and the Sweet Smell of Seaweed

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• Explore These Related Posts First Phoebe of 2011 Duck Migration Review of Gulf Crossing Cold Front Connecticut in Carolina (or how migrants surprise us).Or Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Get yours today! Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S.

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