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Trumpeter Swans: Don’t Shoot Them

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Of course there were other Trumpeter Swans out there, but not many. This morning’s news had this: During this year’s open of waterfowl season, the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center admitted more trumpeter swans for bullet wounds than ever before. You see this big white thing and, of course, you shoot it.

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What’s in a Name?

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They didn’t, of course, have the luxury of the fantastic modern optics we take for granted today. Wagner wasn’t the only one to have died from gunshot wounds. I have a fascinating little reference book called Whose Bird? written by Bo Beolens and Michael Watkins, published by Christopher Helm in 2003.

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Birding the Ndumo area, South Africa

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Of course, the exact wording would have to be toned down a bit, but a premise such as “I want to adopt you because I would really like to f*ck your mother/father” would certainly find its audience. If that isn’t a great basic plot for a soap opera, then what is? T his is an African Sacred Ibis at Ndumo.

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Coast Guard Defends Medical Practice on Animals

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Live anesthetized goats have been used in Coast Guard training to treat combat wounds, but the agency could not verify if the video involved its personnel. The courses do involve “live tissue training using live animals,” Lt. Frederick, spokesman for the Atlantic Area, wrote in an email.

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Banded Semipalmated Sandpipers at Big Egg Marsh, Queens, New York

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Now that passerine migration has largely wound down the attention of this New York birder has shifted to seabirds, shorebirds, and the occasional trip looking for breeding birds. Instead, I found two banded birds, which I reported of course. When I find out where they were banded I’ll report back.

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What’s in a Name: Wilson’s Warbler

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Wilson’s Warbler is, of course, named for Alexander Wilson. And it’s named Wilson. Wilson is a fine name. Born in Scotland a mere decade before the Revolutionary War, he emigrated to America in his 28th year on the heels of a sentence in gaol for writing anti-capitalist poetry.

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Debbie Souza-Pappas: Our Trapped Golden Eagle

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The wound was also very contaminated with dirt and debris. If that goes well, then we anticipate another 4-8 weeks for conditioning and evaluating him for potential release, which of course, is the goal. The trap was not attached but it was obvious this was the cause, and the x-ray confirmed it.

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