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Wildlife Rehabilitator Slang

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To civilians who may have been puzzled by the wildlife crowd’s tossed-off references to peefas, modos or mice cubes, here is a beginner’s guide to Rehabberspeak. Birds abbreviations slang wildlife rehabilitators' Read it with your eyes squinted a little, and you’ll know why I walked away crying with laughter,” says Donna.

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Baby Bird Identification: A North American Guide–A Book Review

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An impressive combination of research and artwork, combined with a pragmatic organization aimed towards quick identification, and education, Baby Bird Identification extends the frontiers of bird identification guides and is an important contribution to wildlife rehabilitation literature.

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Releasing White Doves

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Wildlife rehabilitators constantly receive lost racing pigeons who are starving, riddled with lice, and suffering from coccidia, trichinosis, or worms. Birds white dove release wildlife rehabilitators' Once released, they will fly a short distance, land, then wait for someone to come feed them. Blow bubbles, people!

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Shutting Your Trap

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It had a little accident,” I replied, referring to the dozen times I’d hit it with a sledgehammer. “Do A recent thread on my Raptorcare listserv produced one wildlife rehabilitator’s nightmarish photo of a leghold trap firmly clutching the leg of a Great Horned Owl. “And do what with it?”. Give it back to the owner.”.

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Rehabber Slang Part 2, etc.

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It’s just that when summer is over and most wildlife rehabilitators are fried, this is the kind of thing that will make most of us fall to our knees, choking with laughter, tears spurting from our eyes. Birds abbreviations slang wildlife rehabilitators' We do real birds.”. It’s the rehabber version of turducken.”.

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Vulture Follies

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My rehabber friend Lisa Acton, who is with Animal Kingdom USA Wildlife Rehabilitation , picked up her phone and heard the voice of an elderly lady. She thought about it, though, as all rehabbers do whenever someone refers to having their eyes pecked out. It’s a Raven ,” said the voice. He’s hurt and he can’t fly. Run, Tippi!”

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Mating and Feeding Behavior of the Northern Shoveler

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Each year, tens of millions of people visit and enjoy national wildlife refuges in every U.S. References: 1 Birds of North America Online , 2 Defenders of Wildlife. Birds dabbling ducks ducks National Wildlife Refuges Northern Shoveler' state and territory, infusing nearly $1.74