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The Gas Station Bird

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It’s under the jurisdiction of the Exotic Species Division of the Department of Environmental Protection, which is a division of US Fish and Wildlife. You can own a gorilla in Indiana, but not a bear in Michigan. The bird is a captive-bred Peregrine/Gyrfalcon hybrid owned by people with an Exotic Species Permit.

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Endangered and Disappearing Birds of the Midwest by Matt Williams

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Yet that is not the overall impression that I came away with while reading this solid and attractive new title from Indiana University Press. Endangered and Disappearing Birds of the Midwest by Matt Williams – Indiana University Press, $29.00. The result is a book that invites and doesn’t exhaust the reader.

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How To (And Not To) Transport Wild Birds

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Jan Turner, in Indiana, had her own Happy Meal delivery: “Two infant cottontails brought by a father and son.” The finders of an adult Barred Owl brought to Kathryn Dudeck in Georgia thought he had a wing fracture, so they wrapped the entire bird in the plastic protective wrap used by landscape companies and taped it up.

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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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Out of over 30 respondents, almost everyone wanted money for better facilities, paid staff, on-call veterinarians, emergency vehicles, food, and protected land – from Terry and Lindsay in California to Cindy in Michigan, from Sally in Kentucky to Mickie in South Dakota, and Lisa and Lia in New York.

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

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Units are located along both sides of the river and serve to protect and provide a wide variety of riparian habitats for birds, fish, and other wildlife.” The refuge was established in 1958 to protect and enhance habitat for migratory birds. The refuge is already open to upland game hunting and sport fishing.

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We’re Not Racists, So Why Aren’t There More Birders Of Color?

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I grew up in Indiana and a phrase that I remember hearing was, “I’m not a racist, but have you ever noticed that…&# and whatever followed the “but&# was the most horrifically racist thing you could imagine. btw, I promote equality in all ways, but I don’t bend over backwards protecting any either.&#

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Flying Dinosaurs: A Review by a Triceratops Fan

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No, not a reality show, the history of paleontology in the United States is apparently livelier than the Indiana Jones movies.) the shocking revelation that some dinosaurs, probably males, protected their eggs with feathers spread out over the nest; and recent proposals to resurrect dinosaurs using bird DNA. Cope and O.C.

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