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Wildlife Rehabber Misidentification

10,000 Birds

And once I took in three pit bull puppies that turned out to be squirrels.”. “I Occasionally finders mistake not just species, but entire classes. “We “I had a cockatoo, a vulture, a Snowy Owl , and various hawks that all turned out to be pigeons,” wrote Joanne Cina-Dreeben. That’s probably why it hadn’t moved.”.

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Winter Wanderland

10,000 Birds

We returned home for a good dinner with friends, some wine and a night dreaming of raspberry coulis, puppies and ducks. My hosts could confidently tick off the species on their life list. We got at least three sub-species but the highlight was a Wilson’s Snipe we flushed. I ticked off 9 lifers.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

Tika and her longtime mate, Kobuk, had raised eight litters of puppies together and were enjoying their retirement years in the home of my friend, Anne. He never chased the rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks, or deer who regularly visited. Stories about animals rescuing members of their own and other species, including humans, abound.

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