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Of Mice and Girls (and Crows)

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There were snakes everywhere, they must have eaten his family!”. I called my wildlife rehabilitator friend Maggie Ciarcia, who, yes, has rehabbed baby wild mice before. The irony was not lost on me, especially when I reached into the freezer that night to take out a dozen frozen adult mice, all of which would defrost by morning.

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Flock to Marion

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A family motel and passion for responsible ecotourism brought her home to the Oregon Coast where she and her husband, Erik, adventure and record a podcast ( Hannah and Erik Go Birding ), created in an effort to inspire others to get out and bird. The cats were eradicated by 1991, which left the mice population to go unchecked.

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Birding the Kruger Park (6): Pafuri area part 2

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Among some other species of the kingfisher family, this species is a bit of a laughingstock. For some reason, the only version of the old English folk tune “Three Blind Mice” that I know is a reggae version by Max Romeo (I had a weed-smoking, reggae-loving friend at high school). Very likely you know other versions.

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Redtails in Tornados

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while Dorothy’s family rushed into the basement. Meanwhile, he slowly graduated from liquids to defrosted mice: first just organ meat, then skinned and deboned, then just skinned, then the whole mouse. “Oh, “What should we do?” asked Nance, into the phone. There’s a tornado coming!” Kurt says he can catch him!” said Nance.

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Birding the Drakensberg, South Africa

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I was vaguely curious about the family name mousebird. Another website – apparently one for kids – claims that they get their name from the way they scurry along like mice. It seems there are several explanations for it.

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Birding Florida’s Emerald Coast

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The area near the boardwalk was full of families and beach-goers, swimming in the emerald green water or relaxing in multi-colored beach chairs. They are partially covered with Sea Oats and other vegetation, providing habitat for beach mice, shorebirds, and other species.

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You’re Not Helping

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Given the generational battle that will have to be waged, just about the worst thing you can do is alienate half the nation by firing indiscriminate broadsides at what to most people is a cherished family member. It’s undermined his own laudable efforts to clear the Antipodes of mice.