January, 2004
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Medical gloves were always used while handling the bird, to prevent the contamination it's feathers. Below the bird is nibbling on Nancy's finger after wolfing down a meal of fresh fish. |
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The first leg of it's long journey back south with a complimentary flight, courtesy of |
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The Frigatebird was then flown to Vancouver where it stayed awaiting export permits to allow for its shipment further south. It finally ended its northern adventure by the California-Mexico border, where it was released back into the wild within the Tijuana River Delta. |
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