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Lightning Storms and Eagles

10,000 Birds

This blog was written by Marge Gibson, founder of the Raptor Education Group, Inc. In mammals, maggots eat only dead tissue and are occasionally used to debride wounds. But in birds they eat living tissue, and once they are internal will kill the patient. If there is an entrance wound, there is an exit wound.

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Snowy Owl Ethics

10,000 Birds

Most arguments for conserving a species focus on things that we can measure in dollar amounts, such as ecotourism, medical benefits, etc. Profile pages, photography groups, and regional birding groups are filled with Snowy Owl photos this time of year. Social media has become a major pathway for sharing photographs.

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