{"product_id":"carol-lee-the-mockingbird-chronicles-9798295555428","title":"The Mockingbird Chronicles","description":"This book is a collection of true stories about my personal experiences with wildlife before and after I founded the South Plains Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, Inc. in Lubbock Texas, in 1988.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIt all started when a neighbor brought me a mockingbird nestling four years earlier, and I had no idea what to do with it, but this chance encounter would literally change my life forever. If that bird had not survived, there would likely not be a wildlife center - or a book about it.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nMy passion was raising songbirds for twenty-eight years - from the tiniest nestling to fledglings and young adults - and then releasing them, while providing back-up feeding and care for as long as it took for each one to become fully independent. I've had the privilege to hold - and help - some of nature's most beautiful creatures, and caring for them was like a glimpse into Nature's soul.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nA minimum of six months a year was dedicated to the birds I raised - all day, every day - but I never tired of caring for them even though keeping them all fed was a never-ending job. The smallest and youngest birds were fed about every 30 minutes, from first thing in the morning until dusk. Many times, after a brief errand, I'd return home to find three or more shoeboxes on my front porch - all containing a bird, or birds, or a nest of birds.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nVolunteers manned the Wildlife Center in the early days because animals were dropped off there, too. Then in 1993, an on-site Wildlife Center Manager arrived that made my life a lot less hectic.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWe accept wild\u0026amp;","brand":"The Book Publishing Pros","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53820136653142,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/carol-lee-the-mockingbird-chronicles-9798295555428","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}