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Bird TLC is inundated with starving murres. Has been for months. Volunteers working more hours than they do at their day jobs to care for them. The reason for the die off can be attributed to many factors but pointing fingers is not saving these birds. The utterly limitless dedication of the volunteers at Bird TLC is at least giving some of them a second chance. And for those too starved to be rehabilitated, Bird TLC provides a gentle way to cross that Rainbow Bridge.

I know it’s after Christmas and you are busy paying off all those gifts you

My brother and I in various stages of childhood. The years do fly by. Seems like it will be forever before you hit 18. And then it seems like the blink of an eye and you’re almost 70.

Here’s how you know you’re a real dog lover. You wake up to your dog standing on your chest and exhaling his overwhelmingly fishy breath into your face and you find yourself smiling and hugging him.

I have the privilege of feeding Bird TLC’s education bird, Denali – The Golden Eagle, while he presenter is in Mongolia learning even more about golden eagles. He is holding his quail dinner and, I would guess from the look on his face, thinking, “Back off, puny human. This is MY quail.”

From left to right the people are:

My brother doing his best to get away from us all.

My Nonna Sereni trying to hold him down.

Nonno Sereni next to her.

Grandmom Zeccardi holding me.

This is probably the first and last picture ever taken of me in which I am the right weight for my age and height.

This is what old Italian ladies used to do back in Philly during that golden age when they didn’t have to be a size 3 until they died and wearing black was always appropriate because you always knew of someone who died.

They are sitting in front of the original grocery store in the Zeccardi family. The name carries on today although today’s Joe Zeccardi is either a banker or philosopher depending on which generation you’re addressing. So I guess this proves that the American immigrant dream of hard work and striving to make tomorrow better than today can be

Saturday, September 5th

12 – 4 PM

Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center

Mile 79, Seward Hwy.

Portage, AK

Join Bird TLC at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center for a day of learning and fun focused on Alaska’s wildlife! This event will feature live wild bird presentations from Bird TLC and live wildlife programs from AWCC, and you can enter a raffle at the event for a chance to win a day cruise, kayak trip, dinner for two, or other great prizes. Admission is $12.50 for adults and $9.00 for children ages 13 – 18 (kids 12 and under are free). All