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How To (And Not To) Transport Wild Birds

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” “A nestling American Robin in a bucket of water,” wrote Jane Neville, now in Florida. They showed me their wounds! “Apparently she found a fallen American Robin ‘s egg,” she wrote, “and kept it in there for two weeks! “Almost restores your faith in humanity!” By a lawyer.”

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Bird Banding the Dry Tortugas

10,000 Birds

We assembled at nine in the morning in a small parking lot outside the naval base in Key West, Florida. The weeks leading up to spring break had been a whirlwind, and the days before the trip mostly spent driving and exploring Florida. When I say “cut,” I mean paper-cut sized wounds here. That was mostly my fault.

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