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How To (And Not To) Transport Wild Birds

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The finders of an adult Barred Owl brought to Kathryn Dudeck in Georgia thought he had a wing fracture, so they wrapped the entire bird in the plastic protective wrap used by landscape companies and taped it up. They showed me their wounds! said Alix Parks of Happinest Wildlife Rehab in Tennessee. She even slept with it.”

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Starlings and Eagles

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To understand, and thus to protect. They made scrambled eggs for the bait birds each morning and fed them special premium mealworms to help them ward off the cold of the mountain and the stress of their daily grid. To gain knowledge of migration routes, wintering sites, survival rates. Thank you, brave Starling. I salute you.

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