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Birding Under the Influence: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

A bicycling big year, which started out as a cool, interesting idea after Dorian biked eight miles to see two Northern Lapwings in Nantucket, Massachusetts, becomes an out-of-the-box way to re-orient his mind and find new direction.

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Skittles’ Surgery GoFundMe

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So far, Bridget has raised over 50% from friends, family, and animal lovers from all over, which is amazing! Any funds that are raised in excess of Skittles’ medical bills will be donated to Cape Ann Animal Aid, a no-kill animal shelter in Gloucester, Massachusetts.

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Wildlife Rehabilitators vs. Bird Thieves

10,000 Birds

Many rehabbers raise several crows together and release them on site. The crows are not friendly to humans, although they sometimes make an exception for the person who raised them. Jodi Swenson of Massachusett’s Cape Ann Wild Bird Rescue released a crow named Odin, who occasionally still appears at her open window.

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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

10,000 Birds

The general public is out and about, birds and animals are raising their young, and human/wildlife interaction is at its peak. A robot that feeds baby birds so I can take a nap,” wrote Jodi in Massachusetts. “A A massage therapist for an hour every morning, then I wouldn’t be so bitchy,” wrote Jodi in Massachusetts.

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Nature’s Ambassador: The Legacy of Thornton W. Burgess, by Christie Palmer Lowrance

10,000 Birds

Unfortunately, Lowrance doesn’t succeed in synthesizing her material in a way that would raise this biography to the level of ‘definitive.’

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Liben Lark Gets a Lifeline

10,000 Birds

That is why it is such amazingly awesome news that the British Birdwatching Fair raised ÂŁ242,000 to help conserve a species that could become the first recorded bird extinction in mainland Africa. Here’s hoping the Liben Lark defies the odds and long graces the grassy plains of Ethiopia!

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Animal Rights is Pernicious Nonsense?

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In " 'Animal Rights:' Pernicious Nonsense for Both Law & Public Policy ," Massachusetts attorney and "sportsman" Richard Latimer is on the mark with some concepts, and way off with others. It's too bad that Latimer's presentation is so obnoxious, as even when he raises what might be valid points, he makes you want to disagree with him.