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Wildlife Rehabilitators vs. Bird Thieves

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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. I took in an imprinted Blue Jay one winter,” wrote Kim Doner of Oklahoma’s WING-IT. Evidently, it was not easy to get the card back. “I

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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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The general public is out and about, birds and animals are raising their young, and human/wildlife interaction is at its peak. Tiny transmitters that wouldn’t hurt or irritate my releases, so I know what happens to them,” wrote Michele in Pennsylvania and Elle in Oklahoma. “As It’s August, and first on the menu is: Fried Rehabber.

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Winging It In Tulsa

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I recently traveled to Oklahoma to help spread the word of wildlife, finding all kinds of adventure along the way. You’re in Oklahoma ,” she replied. Each summer Seinna, her father, and her mother Christy raise nestling songbirds as subpermittees of WING-IT. No matter. Snowstorm? ” Tuesday was also WING-IT’s fundraiser.

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448 Great Things to do in Nature

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Stacy Tornio grew up in Oklahoma, though she’s lived in Wisconsin for the last ten years. Ken Keffer was born and raised in Wyoming. As kids who grew up playing outside, building forts, catching frogs and climbing trees, Stacy Tornio and Ken Keffer know just how important it is for children to get outside and play.

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Thank a lemming

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Most provinces and most northern states have had sightings, and the irruption has extended as far south as Oklahoma (so far). If they each raised nine owlets, the owlets alone would have eaten over 25,000 lemmings from that valley. Many of you in the south are enjoying great sightings of Snowy Owls ( Bubo scandiacus ) this winter.

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