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Birds on Utility Poles – The Electrocution Solution

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She can land on a transformer once then, the next time, be killed when she brushes up against the jumper wire. Jayne Neville, a former wildlife rehabilitator specializing in songbirds, moved from Connecticut to Florida and immediately began making the acquaintance of all the birds in the area. It’s not.

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Spotlight: Maureen Eiger – To Intervene or Not to Intervene?

10,000 Birds

Mites will eventually kill the bird. Call and transport the bird to a bird rehabber ASAP. Even if you do not see an obvious wound, cat or dog saliva, which is full of nasty bacteria, can still get into a bird’s eyes/orifices and will eventually kill the bird; it will just die more slowly and painfully. Find a box.

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Lightning Storms and Eagles

10,000 Birds

We are off to rescue a Bald Eagle, kiddo!” The eagle was so hypothermic I was reluctant to put her in a transport box. Even as a veteran wildlife rehabilitator, I could scarcely believe the sight before me. But in birds they eat living tissue, and once they are internal will kill the patient. He nearly drowned.

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