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

10,000 Birds

Predators and storms can wreak havoc and human intervention is sometimes needed for survival. Did you know a bird’s body has the ability to seal a small puncture wound within minutes? It is illegal to keep a wild bird. Unfortunately a bird’s nest location is not always perfect. So: When do you intervene?

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Hornbills of Sabah

10,000 Birds

One paper describes them breeding in a human settlement in abandoned clay jars. Other threats arise from illegal logging, hunting for bushmeat, and other body parts (feathers, beak, etc.) Like the other hornbills, it nests in a tree cavity, in which the female seals herself in using droppings and food remains.