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When Birds Are Near: Dispatches From Contemporary Writers

10,000 Birds

And, Ursula Murray Husted’s “Koan” is a lovely graphic story touched with a wry sense of humor, about a visit to Horicon Marsh, Wisconsin to watch the pelican migration, a simple story that is really not simple because it’s all about flying, disappointment, and surprises.

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Wildlife Rehabilitator War Wounds

10,000 Birds

I was trying to give a Brown Pelican subcutaneous fluids with a 60 cc syringe and an 18 gauge needle by myself,” says Stephanie Whitbeck Kadletz. β€œI Needless to say the pelican jerked and the needle went straight through my thumb and stuck out the other side. β€œIt It was swollen and sore for two weeks.”.