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Springtime Tree Cutting and Wildlife

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Both were too small for a human hand and too deep to see what was inside, so he called PMWC and was asked to bring the entire section of trunk to the center. Volunteer Moya Kinnealy reached in nearly to her elbow and removed four tiny Red-bellied Woodpeckers. Sounds like a sitcom!

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More Birds Than Bullets: a book review

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He found some solace when, at age eleven, he became entranced with birds – specifically, with a Green Woodpecker — and that sighting, he says, “took me to another, safer world.” . He tells, for example, of sitting close by a fox den, and watching a raccoon walk past it with a look of acknowledgement.

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My Favorite Release

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When we arrived we looked and there was our one-eyed eagle, eating a raccoon that had been hit. Maggie Rufo, who works with Veronica at NSCC in Sebastopol, remembers a juvenile Pileated Woodpecker she agreed to release where it had been found in Mendocino. “I It was like they said, “You reek of humans, go wash.”.

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The Joy of Bird Feeding: A Book Review by a Birder who Loves Her Feeder Birds

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A bit beyond the basics but still fundamental are chapters on bird feeding consequences and problems (squirrels and raccoons, too many blackbirds, hawks and cats, woodpecker damage, window strikes, extreme weather, and bird feeding in special situations, including retirement centers, condos, and apartments.

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