10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2021

Five hatchling House Sparrows in a Happy Meal box,” said Johanna Walton, also in Connecticut. The prize for presentation goes to the folks who delivered this very small opossum to Michelle Wellard in Philadelphia. “Three hatchling American Robins in a plastic slice of pie container,” said Bonnie Alexander in Connecticut.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2014

We once took in seven tiny brown whatsis, and just figured they must be House Sparrows ,” wrote Donna Osburn. But we kept calling them House Finches because, well, you know, House Sparrows are invasive and non-native and all that. I got a sewer rat a lady thought was a baby opossum,” chimed in Charis Palmer. “A

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2013

I wish people would start appreciating the misunderstood animals out there, like snakes and opossums,” wrote Elissa in New York. That more rehab centers would accept non-natives, like pigeons house sparrows, and starlings,” wrote Charis in Oregon. Change in Attitude. “I Change in Government Attitude.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Sometime later, it was already dark and I was in a bathroom when Serge knocked at the door: Look out, opossum at the feeder! Like most of the lodge, this bathroom has a glass wall, this one overlooking the feeders and my lifer mammal, my first opossum ever. Checking the field guide, I came with a Common Opossum.

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