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Glue Trapped

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The Carolina Wren pictured above was caught in a Walmart in a trap set for rodents. The Barn Swallow at right was rescued by Rebecca Dmytryk of Wildlife Emergency Services in Moss Landing, California, and transferred to Native Songbird Care and Conservation in Sebastopol. See Safe Rodent Control. Glue traps!

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A winter miscellany

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Today these trees – oak, beech and horse chestnut – are like fine icing on a very poor cake. So though I visited Lynford, I didn’t see a Hawfinch on this occasion as I wasn’t there at the right time, though I did meet a number of hopeful Hawfinch hunters (HHHs), none of whom reported a sighting.

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