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Linda Hufford: A Rehabber Comments on “Collecting” Rare Birds

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This week’s guest blog was written by Linda Hufford, who has been a wildlife rehabilitator specializing in raptors for over twenty years. She runs Birds of Texas Rehabilitation Center in Austin County, Texas. But, he continued, some – but not all – of the researchers drove him nuts.

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Ty’s Hawk

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Of all the billions of things that keep wildlife rehabilitators from sleeping at night, public releases are one of the big ones. For a heart-stopping second he lost altitude, then he raised his wings and rocketed up toward the far trees. In an instant, he was gone. Ty died peacefully at home yesterday, on October 17, 2012.

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Spotlight: Lisa Beth Acton, Raising Ravens

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This post is from Lisa Beth Acton, a wildlife rehabilitator in Accord, NY. Lisa brings her to all kinds of gatherings to spread the word of wildlife (see Xena’s Facebook page ). This summer Lisa raised three orphaned Common Ravens. They were not aware of wildlife laws, and thought they could raise and release them.

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Unflappable by Suzie Gilbert–An Author Interview

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Faithful 10,000 Birds readers will remember Suzie as our wildlife rehabilitation beat writer. How much did you draw on your own experiences as a wildlife rehabber to tell Luna’s story? . But I only rehabbed birds, so I had to do research and call my mammal rehabber friends. He said, “Figure it out. Read Carl Hiaasen.”.