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Delhi’s Birds Need Help!

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In March, rehabbers in the United States will gather at the annual National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association conference to make contacts, swap information, and learn new techniques. The wildlife centers set up lodging, local transportation, and meetings with their directors and veterinarians. What’s left?

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For Wildlife Emergencies, Contact Animal Help Now

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Go to the site and under Resources you’ll find a wealth of information: species-specific instructions on initial contact with injured/orphaned wildlife, how to mitigate threats to wildlife, how to reunite a baby with its parent. They will take your call, give you free advice, and even talk to the local operator in your area, if need be.

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A Birder’s Guide to The Wilderness Act

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The National Wilderness Preservation System now includes more than 800 congressionally designated wilderness areas totaling more than 110 million acres in 44 states and Puerto Rico.

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Pigeons have tiny compasses in their heads

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Homing pigeons were apparently able to find their way home after being transported in a closed box a long distance away (many hundreds of miles in some cases). However, how the brain receives and interprets magnetic field information is unknown. Back then, it was known that birds were pretty good navigators. Le-Qing Wu and J.

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Accessibility Matters

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Public accommodations include government buildings, stores, hotels, transportation hubs, hospitals, schools, restaurants, etc. The website has some information regarding the trails , and the Friends of the Tualatin River NWR website has more. Thus, there is a good amount of online information for planning purposes.

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Hagerman NWR: Birding Amidst Oil Wells

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There’s a visitor center (and a gift shop ), an auto tour route, several trails, informational signage, and other facilities. In 1951, oil was discovered and facilities were installed to allow for extraction and transport of the oil. The overall refuge , which includes all of its hotspots, has 344 species.

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Austerity Birding

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With social media and the internet providing the platform to share and exchange information some of these have gone international with participants keen to get involved in at least two European countries.

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