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The Medicine Bird

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“I’ve seen her around, when I was setting my traps,” said the trapper himself, who brought her to Tamarack Wildlife Center , in Saegertown, PA. This is why certain wildlife rehabilitators end up misanthropic and homicidal. Birds Albino leghold traps leucistic Red-tailed Hawk wildlife rehabilitators' Will she be releasable?

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

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Experience shows that bird parents do feed babies in makeshift nests reattached to tree branches, bushes, gutters, and even tree cavity sections duct taped to another tree. Did you know a bird’s body has the ability to seal a small puncture wound within minutes? Wild bird rehabilitators want bird parents to feed their own babies.

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Transit in Dubai

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Security is taken very seriously in the aviation business and discretion is better than having to explain yourself to tightly wound security personnel. Any remaining time can be productively spent at either or both of the hides at Ra’s al-Khor wildlife Sanctuary. Birding Destinations Dubai layover Transit'

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German Birding Blitz

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From the time he can remember, every camping, hiking, or simple trip outside was focused on finding wildlife with herps, mammals, birds and native fish as his primary interests. Once on our own, Jess and I decided to try a fun experiment. Andy Avram is a lifelong resident of northeastern Ohio, just east of Cleveland.

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Ingrid Taylar: Bridging the Divide Between Cat and Bird Lovers

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Years ago, I became a wildlife volunteer and advocate because of a cat who caught a bird. The wildlife center was an hour away if I was lucky. That was my first trip to California Wildlife Center. I’d rescued birds before, but this time I had to face the wildlife center with a personal connection to the carnage.

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Lost on the Space Coast

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The jewel in Florida’s bedazzled crown may be Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, on the Atlantic Coast in the shadow of Cape Canaveral. And worse, I was rolling up to the famous Blackwater Wildlife Drive around noon, having spent the morning at the equally fabulous and lesser known Orlando Wetlands Park.

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Maine’s Great Black Hawk – Rescued!

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The general mood was one of gratitude, and everyone passed camera lenses and binoculars back and forth to share the experience. I could write an entire essay on the foolish ways people approach nature and wildlife… but I won’t. Fish and Wildlife Service, to decide its fate. Great Black Hawk in Portland Maine.

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