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Mission of Mercy
March 01, 2013 —
A routine jog leads to a chance encounter with an injured northern gannet—and a determined effort to set things right.
Thomas Urquhart is the former director of Maine Audubon and author of For the Beauty of the Earth. He lives in Maine.