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How To (And Not To) Transport Wild Birds

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Five hatchling House Sparrows in a Happy Meal box,” said Johanna Walton, also in Connecticut. We had a fledgling Yellow-billed Cuckoo delivered in a glass of water,” said Marge Cahak Gibson in Wisconsin. “By “Almost restores your faith in humanity!” By a lawyer.” Soaked and ice cold! ” I wrote.

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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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The general public is out and about, birds and animals are raising their young, and human/wildlife interaction is at its peak. That more rehab centers would accept non-natives, like pigeons house sparrows, and starlings,” wrote Charis in Oregon. It’s August, and first on the menu is: Fried Rehabber. Summer is high season.

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Forgotten Prairies

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I can certainly speak about the Midwest where states like Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, etc. Whether I am speaking about Henslow’s Sparrows and Upland Sandpipers of the east and Midwest that occupy tall-grass prairies or birds like Ferruginous Hawks and Mountain Plovers of the western short-grass prairies; all deserve our attention.

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

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With the proposed hunting seasons on sandhill cranes being discussed in Tennessee, Kentucky and Wisconsin, we must not forget the whooping crane, which travels and winters in the big sandhill crane flocks. photo by Cyndi Routledge Here it is then, another angle on the proposed sandhill crane seasons in Tennessee, Kentucky and Wisconsin.

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