10,000 Birds
MARCH 3, 2022
Tianmashan bonus mammal: a Raccoon Dog – though it looks a lot like a raccoon, it is actually more closely related to foxes than to raccoons. But then, I am not a hunter, and do not understand them either). The White’s Thrush will keep pretending to be a reptile. Did the bird thank me?
10,000 Birds
APRIL 8, 2016
Wildlife rehabilitators have an arsenal of equipment and techniques we use to protect ourselves. I was wearing the lead x-ray apron and heavy raptor gloves, so I thought I was protected. Another time I was wearing gloves, just as I should have been, and an adult raccoon bit through them and took a divot out of my middle finger.
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