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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		Hand Feeding Birds and Other Bird Fascinations
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:03:19
	Publish Date:		2019-08-05 05:00:00
	Description:		Continuing his way through a few of your wildlife-related Curious North questions, the Masked Biologist talks about hand feeding birds – and other related thoughts – in this week’s Wildlife Matters. In a curious north question from a few months back, Alice asked the question “Does everyone up North feed birds from their hands?” I suspect this question is asked a little tongue-in-cheek. Obviously, Alice knows not everyone feeds birds from their hands up here. In fact, most people I know do not hand feed birds. But if they did, or if they only did it once, I can promise you they posted it on Facebook. We humans have a fascination with animals. We spend a lot of money to observe them in the wild, around the world. we feed them in our backyards, even if it is illegal and we know we will face a fine if caught. If we think they are injured, we call a wildlife professional or rehabilitator or maybe we pick them up and try to tend them ourselves. And if we can’t save them, or if we or our pets
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