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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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Two days ago I went on Facebook and queried some of my exhausted compatriots: if you could have one wish right now – anything in the world – what would it be? “I A hot tub for my sore muscles,” wrote Sigrid in Colorado. “A I don’t want to be too hasty in my response,” wrote Gay in Virginia. wrote Heilke in Colorado.

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Wildlife Rehabilitator War Wounds

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I went into a cage of young Great Horned Owls one night carrying thawed rats,” said Linda Hufford. “I When I threw my arms out for balance it apparently set off a life-like movement of rats, which one of the GHOs couldn’t resist. Yeah right! Right now I have a nice hickey on my arm from a Canada Goose.

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Backyard Birding in Breckenridge

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Gorgeous animals, and amazingly graceful, but a bit worrying when they are sitting a foot or two from your six-year-old who was sorely tempted to give them a snack. Right, back to the birds. Right, back to the birds. Say pigeons and we New Yorkers automatically think of the ragged sky rats that tourists love to feed.

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