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The Gas Station Bird

10,000 Birds

It’s under the jurisdiction of the Exotic Species Division of the Department of Environmental Protection, which is a division of US Fish and Wildlife. Both falconers and wildlife rehabilitators have to study, gain experience, and jump through various hoops in order to get their licenses.

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Faithful Loons and Human Lunacy

10,000 Birds

Maybe it was a version of the Mississippi River, maybe it was a version of the Warren River, likely both. Non-bird watchers without binoculars and experience are notoriously bad sources of information. Atop the ridge, where no one will ever build cabins because it is too high up, is a grove of white pines. More alarm calling.

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