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Northern White-breasted Hedgehog Erinaceus roumanicus

10,000 Birds

Jeff Gordon and I were wandering around the seriously disturbed habitat behind the airport hotel we stayed in outside of Budapest when a bizarre mammal about the size of an opossum crossed the path in front of us. Fine, my best bird was a White-backed Woodpecker , alright? … “What the #*$% was that?!?!”

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Wildlife Rehabilitator War Wounds

10,000 Birds

I had a Pileated Woodpecker who used to jab at my hand whenever I needed to rewrap her bandages,” says Maureen Eiger, providing a perfect example of a single rehabber struggling to hold and wrap at the same time. And I was pecked in the eye by my pet chicken, does that count?”. “I But life is not perfect. “I asked Johanna Walton. “My