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Don’t Feed The Birds!

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And if you have a small kid and are in the vicinity of some ducks and geese? Let’s take the issues raised in the sign above one by one and figure out how serious each issue is. Also, if lots of ducks and geese gather in a spot where they don’t normally the amount of bird poop could certainly be a problem. .*

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How To Help A Baby Bird

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If you cannot find the nest or it’s too destroyed, do not try and raise a chick this young. It’s illegal to raise wild birds (even orphaned ones) without state and federal permits. The first few years for female ducks and geese are kind of practice rounds. Never raise a wild goose or duckling yourself.

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Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Tiger Afternoon

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The closer one raises her head, than lies back. The Little Egret walks in front of her, a dozen Lesser Whistling Ducks flies noisily low above water and through a flooded grass wades one Black-winged Stilt. Telia yawns, raises and sprays her urine on a dead tree stump, marking her territory. These are my first wild tigers ever!

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The Whistle Blowers

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The haunting call of the West Indian Whistling Duck has long been a sound synonymous with the ever-shrinking wetlands of the Caribbean. The whistling duck call carries with it the crimes of big business, the failures of governments and the ignorance of irresponsible hunters. They are also the rarest. Until recently.