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Spotlight: Maureen Eiger – To Intervene or Not to Intervene?

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Here are some examples of when a bird definitely needs your help and a call to a federally permitted bird rehabilitator is warranted. Call and transport the bird to a bird rehabber ASAP. It is illegal to keep a wild bird. Predators and storms can wreak havoc and human intervention is sometimes needed for survival.

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Count Your Chickens (In the Florida Keys)

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An exotic species (see Glossary) may appear in Florida because of deliberate transport and release by humans, or because of inadvertent escape from captivity. Thus, the placement of the House Finch on the State List, for example, does not require that it be evaluated for Establishment within Florida. Criteria for Establishment.

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Hornbills of Sabah

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Basically, hornbills get paid by evolution to eat fruit, digest the fleshy parts, and regurgitate or defecate the rest – a means of seed transportation that is apparently quite attractive to many plants despite the yuck factor involved. For example , fallen figs do not seem to mind catching a ride with Oriental Pied Hornbills.

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15 Australian Birds (Episode 4)

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For example , in one study, it was found that more than 80 percent of the fledgling Australian Magpies born in a territory one year were sired by males from outside its borders. When these birds breed, this can lead to highly cringeworthy announcements, for example from Adelaide Zoo : “We have egg-citing news!”

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