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Can Nature Take Care of Itself?

10,000 Birds

My work as a wildlife rehabilitator over the past forty-five years has allowed me a unique perspective on a disturbing trend. Lead remains in both fishing and hunting products, with strong lobbies that insist lead poisoning is not real, even as our facilities fill regularly with birds afflicted with it.

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Crazy Flickers

10,000 Birds

I didn’t know much about Flickers until I started volunteering at a wildlife rehabilitation center a couple of years ago. Flickers have other strategies. But the all-time favorite flicker strategy is to scream like a slasher movie victim and fly straight at the person’s head.