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How To (And Not To) Transport Wild Birds

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TIP : if you find an injured/orphaned bird, here’s a handy guide which can be modified for other wildlife: [link]. They showed me their wounds! Occasionally I host wildlife rehabilitator vent-fests, where I post a question on Facebook and duly note the rehabber responses.

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Bird vs. Reptile in Key West

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We had a call one morning about a snake and a hawk,” says Tom Sweets, the executive director and chief rescuer of the Key West Wildlife Center , located at the very tip of Florida. The snake had no puncture wounds, and was released 24 hours later. Here’s something you don’t see all the time. “We

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How a Farrier can treat a horse with club foot

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Chronic pain in horses can develop from other conditions such as osteochondrosis, degenerative joint disease, or from wounds and infection. Author Bio: Rebecca works for Anything Equine Store , an equestrian clothing store that provides helpful advice and tips to beginner riders. This position causes the horse to walk on its toe.

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Snowy Owl Ethics

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This can also come in the form of crowdsourcing identification tips on unknown birds. of deaths in the same study were from gunshot wounds (Kerlinger and Lein 1988). For birders and nature photographers, this includes “likes,” and comments like “great shot,” and “terrific capture.” of Snowy Owl deaths (Kerlinger and Lein 1988).

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Sea Snakes of Northern Australia

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Olive Sea Snake that has had a dog visit it on the beach Olive Sea Snake with obvious bulge Stoke’s Sea Snake Stoke’s Sea Snake with wounds Dubois’ Sea Snake Dubois’ Sea Snake being returned to the sea! Hat-tip to Stella. I hope you enjoy these photos! Jochen Mar 15th, 2011 at 5:25 am @Clare. Wicked, right?

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German Birding Blitz

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After the castle we wound our way through the Black Forest where we were able to watch a pair of Eurasian Three-toed Woodpeckers foraged a few feet in front of us. On another Jochen tip I knew there was a colony of European Bee-eaters about two hours out of our way. Quality birds, especially in the area. We decided to try for it.

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Transit in Dubai

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This post might give you a few ideas for what to see during a stop in Dubai and a few tips on where to go and how to get there. Security is taken very seriously in the aviation business and discretion is better than having to explain yourself to tightly wound security personnel.

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