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We rescued an orphaned baby bird. Turns out, we did everything wrong
David Ovalle, Miami Herald
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Winston, a grackle whose parents were killed by a predator in Miami Springs, was rehabilitated and eventually released in April 2021.
MIAMI Earlier this spring, my girlfriend, Mary Lezcano, drove past what looked like a crime scene. A predator, probably a feral cat, had massacred a nest of birds, leaving the grassy swale caked in blood and feathers.
There was just one survivor, a tiny black nestling with white curly head tufts that made it look like a grumpy old man. The bird was clearly doomed if left alone. So Mary pulled over, carefully put the critter in a box and drove home. I found a baby bird, she texted me. ....

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