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The Gas Station Bird

10,000 Birds

He is simply waiting for someone to move him from the filthy plastic bucket where he is tethered next to a gas pump. Both falconers and wildlife rehabilitators have to study, gain experience, and jump through various hoops in order to get their licenses. The bird is just chilling out, waiting for the urge to fly.

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Owls, the debait

10,000 Birds

Great Gray Owl taking the bait (photo by Nathalie Fortier) At the end of the experience, she posted her photographs clearly stating that the bird was baited, and leaving the mouse in most photos. One wouldn’t tether a rabbit out to get a shot of a fox or a coyote, or is that somehow different?

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