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Seeking the Bahama Nuthatch

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Snakes, cats and raccoons preyed on the nuthatches as well. If the nuthatch is now extinct, we’ve lost a species that might have been saved with a greater effort to study and protect it.”. After World War II, the nuthatch began its long slow decline due to habitat loss and invasive species.

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Birding Shanghai in February 2022

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Tianmashan bonus mammal: a Raccoon Dog – though it looks a lot like a raccoon, it is actually more closely related to foxes than to raccoons. The White’s Thrush will keep pretending to be a reptile. Did the bird thank me?

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Returning to St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

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A raccoon investigates crabs on the mud flats. After all, the refuge was established in 1931 to protect the wintering grounds of migratory species, and my head has already filled with dreams of crisp, cool hikes, trusty binoculars over my shoulder. Marks National Wildlife Refuge. Here, birds make up only some of the wildlife sightings.

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A Rehabber’s List of Worst Bird Myths

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If you see a raccoon during the day, it must have rabies! Raccoons are nocturnal, which means they are normally active at night. The same goes for raccoons. Rehabbers are very responsive, although constantly living under the gun makes us sometimes vent about species that aren’t necessarily the ones in question. Arrrghhh!”

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How To (And Not To) Transport Wild Birds

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The finders of an adult Barred Owl brought to Kathryn Dudeck in Georgia thought he had a wing fracture, so they wrapped the entire bird in the plastic protective wrap used by landscape companies and taped it up. Jan Turner took in a raccoon cub delivered by a well-meaning couple determined to get it where it needed to go.

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Judge Clears Way for HSUS Suit Over Fur Advertising

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The lawsuit, filed under the D.C. The complaint also alleges violations of the federal Fur Products Labeling Act and Federal Trade Commission Act, which also prohibit the false advertising and mislabeling of any fur product.

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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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Out of over 30 respondents, almost everyone wanted money for better facilities, paid staff, on-call veterinarians, emergency vehicles, food, and protected land – from Terry and Lindsay in California to Cindy in Michigan, from Sally in Kentucky to Mickie in South Dakota, and Lisa and Lia in New York.

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