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Starlings and Eagles

10,000 Birds

Here I was, sitting patiently in a blind, watching a tethered European Starling on a string. Sara, one of the researchers, explained that it was a newish bird. Any bird that was wounded — and a bander could often prevent that fate by firing the net quickly enough — was nursed back to health. I salute you.

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