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Glue Trapped

10,000 Birds

But be it a mouse, bird, bat, gecko, kitten … it’s a very bad way to go, and no creature should have to suffer death by torture. “My It’s not limited to small birds, either. “We once took in a Barred Owl stuck to an 11″ x 14″ sheet,” she adds. We had to euthanize the poor bird immediately.”.

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Baby Bird Books, Little Bird Books

10,000 Birds

I was delighted by the invitation and spent hours going through my photos, printing them out, imagining fifteen 4-year olds entranced by egrets, herons, and Burrowing Owls. Jake lives in southern Florida, so he and his friends had to be interested in learning about these birds, which they saw everyday, right? In Are You My Mother?

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What It Feels Like For a Ferret Watcher

10,000 Birds

No coyotes in sight right now, the Great Horned Owls are off in the cottonwoods closer to the river. Ferret 492 — a black-footed ferret, Mustela nigripes — raises her head from a black-tailed prairie dog’s burrow, sniffs the April night. She draws herself up out of the hole and goes humping on to the next.

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