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The Medicine Bird

10,000 Birds

The white redtail couldn’t fly because she’d spent somewhere between 14 and 24 hours on the ground in freezing rain, encased in mud, and was suffering from capture myopathy, a sometimes-fatal condition induced by stress.

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Ingrid Taylar: Bridging the Divide Between Cat and Bird Lovers

10,000 Birds

They pointed out the puncture wounds, likely infected with bacteria that could quickly kill. Statistics come to life in the suffering of one dove or one mockingbird, the one needlessly stricken and dying for the sake of a personal choice. They simply helped me with my bird.

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Maine’s Great Black Hawk – Rescued!

10,000 Birds

The general mood was one of gratitude, and everyone passed camera lenses and binoculars back and forth to share the experience. There is a small wound on the lower beak, which is not significant, but will be cleaned and treated. Great Black Hawk in Portland Maine. No fractures were seen on radiographs.

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