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Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park and Lower Peirce Reservoir-Singapore

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We had learnt from signs over the days we had been in Singapore that they have a problem with people dumping unwanted pets and we presume this to be the case in the reservoir. There were wild boars and monitors rustling through the leaves as well as the plantain squirrels that we had become so accustomed to. Banded Woodpecker.

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Do Not Feed Baby Birds Ham

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Salami for an American Kestrel, salted popcorn for a baby squirrel,” wrote Sigrid Warren. “I I took in a Flying Squirrel they’d been feeding chocolate covered coffee beans,” wrote Letitia Labbie, to which Sandi Lancaster Leonard replied, “OMG! I took in nestling grey squirrels that had been fed tomatoes,” said Alix Parks. “If

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Wildlife Rehabilitator War Wounds

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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

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Combined Beats’ List, May 2016

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Dragan continues to be teacher’s pet simply by sharing as he goes. Squirrel Cuckoo – Piaya cayana. Lewis’s Woodpecker – Melanerpes lewis. Red-headed Woodpecker – Melanerpes erythrocephalus. Acorn Woodpecker – Melanerpes formicivorus. Gila Woodpecker – Melanerpes uropygialis.

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