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Lightning Storms and Eagles

10,000 Birds

Not only were her organs exposed, the entire area was alive with maggots. In mammals, maggots eat only dead tissue and are occasionally used to debride wounds. If there is an entrance wound, there is an exit wound. Her abdominal wound looked good … or as good as a horrific wound could look.

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A September shoreline

10,000 Birds

All of the pairs that we monitor have lost either their eggs or juvenile birds to predation before they were fledged and are patiently sitting once again on a new clutch of eggs. They are a beautiful organism and a reminder that our seasons are changing.

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