10,000 Birds

APRIL 12, 2011

Both she and her brother Mason love spending time outdoors, but Ivy is more likely to interact with the environment for its own sake, rather than as a setting for a Tusken Raider attack or Indiana Jones adventure. No matter… I think I’m raising a birder! She also has a surprisingly sophisticated sense of humor about birds.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

The state of Indiana has been soliciting comments for a bill which would make the above scenario legal for 90 days, creating an uproar among those who are licensed to care for injured and orphaned wildlife. A pet cat raising orphaned ducklings! This is always, always a bad idea.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Wildlife Feral Cats Hamburgers 257

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2016

Unlike other grouse species, the male Willow Ptarmigan remains with the female throughout the breeding season to help raise the chicks. They have been used not only in Jurassic World, but also in Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark , despite the latter movie’s setting in the jungle!

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Alaska Finland Indiana Russia 102

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 9, 2013

Greg Majewski is a relatively new birder but he is not letting that stop him from trying to reach 250 species in Indiana this year. Greg Cantrell is doing a New Jersey Big Year, hoping for 300 species, and raising funds for the New Jersey Audubon Citizen Science program. Check out EPIC Big Year 2013. It’s a pretty darn cool idea.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 12, 2016

Today’s blog was written by Kathy Hershey, co-founder of Utopia Wildlife Rehabilitators in Hope, Indiana. We have no real way of knowing, but we surmise that he was raised illegally by a member of the public, and “imprinted.”. The voice on the other end of the phone was panicked. It was happening again … Parker was back.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Mice Indiana Game 132

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2013

The general public is out and about, birds and animals are raising their young, and human/wildlife interaction is at its peak. I’d like a hit squad to visit the people who call me in the middle of dinner or at 3 AM to tell me they have a baby raccoon they found two weeks ago,” wrote Kathy in Indiana. Summer is high season.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 16, 2013

Greg Majewski is hoping to reach 250 species in Indiana this year, a relatively modest goal but one that is fitting for a new birder. Greg Cantrell is doing a New Jersey Big Year, hoping for 300 species, and raising funds for the New Jersey Audubon Citizen Science program.

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