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Keep finding decapitated mice/rats under car

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Lots of squirrels, chipmunks, deer, rabbits. the last part is raptor behavior but I can't imagine what kind of bird would be small enough to choose this space when there's 300 yds of chain link fence right there, and I've yet to see a dead squirrel, rabbit or chipmunk.

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Do Not Feed Baby Birds Ham

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THEY’VE BEEN FEEDING HIM LOW-SALT HAM,” she wrote, all in caps, then added some choice commentary which I can’t seem to locate right now, but which inspired all her rehabber friends to add their two cents. “A Salami for an American Kestrel, salted popcorn for a baby squirrel,” wrote Sigrid Warren. “I Like they aren’t crazy enough?”.

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Sepilok: Worth a Second Look

10,000 Birds

At any rate, my brief visit to Sepilok showed me that it is a worthy destination in its own right. We heard, but didn’t see, a Brown Wood-ow l, and best of all a massive cat-sized Red Giant Flying Squirrel and a rabbit-sized Sunda Stink-badger. It isn’t worth worrying about too much.

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Poop From The Front End Of The Bird

10,000 Birds

I took home a few of the pellets and found that the owls were feasting on grey squirrels and cottontail rabbits. He was so excited when I described what I had and came right up to meet me. Check out the bones that are clearly visible, you wouldn’t find that with a hawk pellet.

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Listening to Falcons: The Peregrines of Tom Cade

10,000 Birds

He had stalked the nest for days, waiting for just the right time when she would be on the verge of fledging, then took her into his care. It was advisable to remove them at night, to keep them calm, to establish immediately a feeding board on which they would be fed chopped beef and egg to start, then fresh birds, rabbit or squirrel.

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Starling & Grackle Bird Feeding Tips

10,000 Birds

Now, most people are dealing with grackles on their northward migration right now. Safflower is not the favorite food of house sparrows, red-winged blackbirds and squirrels. She wrote the books Disapproving Rabbits and City Birds/Country Birds. Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.

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