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Bird News Roundup: Birds of a feather … well, you know the rest

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After all, it’s not like I’m going to see anything other than the White-throated Sparrows and Northern Cardinals flitting about the brush pile outside my window. International Bird Rescue has more on how to help.). If a blustery, snowy afternoon isn’t custom-made for catching up on bird news, then I don’t know what is.

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How To (And Not To) Transport Wild Birds

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Normally I rant about environmental dangers and describe heartwarming/mind-boggling/headscratching wild bird rescues. Five hatchling House Sparrows in a Happy Meal box,” said Johanna Walton, also in Connecticut. ” When it comes to wildlife rescue, transportation runs the gamut as well.

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A Slacker’s Guide to Bird Photography (Part Two)

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This original backlit photo of a Grasshopper Sparrow came out much too dark. However, an image that shows very harsh shadows and bright areas can often be rescued by lowering the contrast digitally. And the camera will usually adjust the light it lets in to the background levels, not the bird. I did this on the above image.)

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Sea Snakes of Northern Australia

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Carrie-the Sea Snakes have their young-small snakes-at sea, so they are in the sea their whole lives unless they get washed up in a storm and then we try and rescue them. . @ Renato-yes…plenty of diversity here! They are relatively helpless and immobile on land.

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Birding and Safari-ing South Africa with the ABA

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The penguins are well cared for by the South African powers that be–the national parks system and the Southern African National Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB), which rescues damaged penguins and other seabirds. Both trips combined, I was away for 22 days, my longest birding trip ever.

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Wildlife Rehabber Misidentification

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We once took in seven tiny brown whatsis, and just figured they must be House Sparrows ,” wrote Donna Osburn. But we kept calling them House Finches because, well, you know, House Sparrows are invasive and non-native and all that. A high-end restaurant called me to rescue a ‘baby eagle’ they’d found,” wrote Marianne Dominguez.

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Identifying the Mystery Bird

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“Okay, fellow songbird rehabbers,” wrote Vonda Lee Morton of Laurens Wildlife Rescue on her FaceBook page. “Is Is this a Song Sparrow ? Tiny little pre-fledgling — nearly fully feathered. Belly’s not bruised; skin tone his purplish-red, as is gape. Feathers on belly, nearly obscured by my thumb, yellow. Nearly inaudible.”.