10,000 Birds

JULY 26, 2013

We all thought the kindest approach would be to end her suffering, but then…she raised her head and looked directly at me. In mammals, maggots eat only dead tissue and are occasionally used to debride wounds. If there is an entrance wound, there is an exit wound. Luckily, this wound was not as severe. And you can!

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Eagles Wounded Bald Eagle Wisconsin 231

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 25, 2013

How about that West Point Mouse Release video ? The video begins with the cadet shooing a mouse out of a plastic container, saying, “C’mon, Whiskers! I once raised 5 orphaned blue jays, released them, and was happily watching them fly around my house one afternoon when a Cooper’s Hawk blazed through, grabbed one, and disappeared.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Coyotes Wounded Rabbits 162

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Mind you – it is indeed a description, not a video, as the research was done in 1952. Greater Flamingos are considered cooperative breeders as fledglings are raised in a creche, in which large numbers of young are watched by multiple non-breeding adult greater flamingos. They probably did not even have Twitter then.

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South Africa Africa Birds Research 147

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2015

The sharp strings are a menace to passing birds – especially kites and other raptors – who cannot see them and sometimes suffer grievous, if not fatal, wounds. When Nadeem and Mohammed first began in 2003, few veterinarians would suture the wounds of birds, saying they were too small. We will not give up,” says Nadeem. “It

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