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Acknowledgements

Many thanks to Guthrum Purdin DVM for the original version of this chapter, which offered an
excellent guide to follow. My husband, Kyle, with a shared passion for photography and gift for
spotting birds, has assisted me with nesting bird field studies over many years. I also want to thank
the many wildlife rehabilitators who shared their photos of birds in care as well as preserving those
that did not survive so that I could study them.

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