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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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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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The Big Black Bird Rescue

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This story comes from Lisa Kelly, a wildlife rehabilitator in Tarrytown, New York, by way of Maggie Ciarcia, a rehabber in the nearby town of Somers. Katherine lives in a senior residence, which she refers to as “the facility,” near the Hudson River. “My Maggie received a call one morning from an elderly woman named Katherine.

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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

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The Marsh Wren Singing and Gathering Nesting Material

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If this sounds like a great idea to you, providing a consistent source of income for our refuges, separate but parallel to the current Federal Duck Stamp program, and you are involved in conservation or wildlife preservation, please send me an email with a short bio and a photo (at least 150 x 150 pixels) to place on our “About Us” page.