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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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That more rehab centers would accept non-natives, like pigeons house sparrows, and starlings,” wrote Charis in Oregon. A hot tub for my sore muscles,” wrote Sigrid in Colorado. “A “I wish people would start appreciating the misunderstood animals out there, like snakes and opossums,” wrote Elissa in New York. wrote Heilke in Colorado.

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Forgotten Prairies

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I can certainly speak about the Midwest where states like Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, etc. Whether I am speaking about Henslow’s Sparrows and Upland Sandpipers of the east and Midwest that occupy tall-grass prairies or birds like Ferruginous Hawks and Mountain Plovers of the western short-grass prairies; all deserve our attention.

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

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With the proposed hunting seasons on sandhill cranes being discussed in Tennessee, Kentucky and Wisconsin, we must not forget the whooping crane, which travels and winters in the big sandhill crane flocks. photo by Cyndi Routledge Here it is then, another angle on the proposed sandhill crane seasons in Tennessee, Kentucky and Wisconsin.

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