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Jinx Warbler Vanquished

10,000 Birds

I am sharing it again here, at the request of Corey Finger, who takes some sort of sick pleasure in seeing other birders squirm and suffer under the weight of their obsession with life birds. I’ve been on the wrong side of the bush from one or more during fall migration at Higbee’s Beach in Cape May, New Jersey.

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India’s Raptor Rescuers

10,000 Birds

The sharp strings are a menace to passing birds – especially kites and other raptors – who cannot see them and sometimes suffer grievous, if not fatal, wounds. Unwilling to leave the suffering birds to die, they began bringing them home, asking veterinarians to make house calls, and keeping the recuperating birds on their roof.