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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

10,000 Birds

The general public is out and about, birds and animals are raising their young, and human/wildlife interaction is at its peak. I don’t want to be too hasty in my response,” wrote Gay in Virginia. I want all of the above,” wrote Gay in Virginia. It’s August, and first on the menu is: Fried Rehabber. Summer is high season.

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A Review of 101 + Common Birds of Costa Rica- A Birder’s Companion

10,000 Birds

To give an idea of what I mean by “birdy”, although Costa Rica is similar in size to West Virginia, more than 920 species have been recorded within the borders of this southern Central American country. The biodiversity is extreme, the birding is typically action-packed, binocular raising happiness.

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Jinx Warbler Vanquished

10,000 Birds

I am sharing it again here, at the request of Corey Finger, who takes some sort of sick pleasure in seeing other birders squirm and suffer under the weight of their obsession with life birds. I raised a bottle of beer in its honor, then headed for my hotel, satisfied that the day was mine. –Bill Thompson III.