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Birds and Bling

10,000 Birds

First of all: most of us don’t have much, because we spend all our money on gauze, antibiotics, and frozen rats. And parrots =.”. My own parrots have taught me to avoid wearing jewelry unless I’m far from home. Another Great Horned Owl snagged his talon under the wedding band of Vonda Lee Morton’s vet. “He

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Wildlife Rehabilitator War Wounds

10,000 Birds

I went into a cage of young Great Horned Owls one night carrying thawed rats,” said Linda Hufford. “I When I threw my arms out for balance it apparently set off a life-like movement of rats, which one of the GHOs couldn’t resist. My parrots have nailed me harder than any wild bird,” said Jodi Swenson.