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How To (And Not To) Transport Wild Birds

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Fast food containers are popular. “An The finders of an adult Barred Owl brought to Kathryn Dudeck in Georgia thought he had a wing fracture, so they wrapped the entire bird in the plastic protective wrap used by landscape companies and taped it up. “Two wildlife biologists brought me a Golden Eagle inside a metal pipe.”

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Birding Shanghai in February 2022

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Meanwhile, on Chongming island, I rescued a Northern Shoveler which got caught in one of these evil, almost invisible strings that the farmers use to protect their fields from hungry birds. Like fast food, but free and likely more healthy. Did the bird thank me? Grant me three wishes, as I expected? Did it f*ck.

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