BANGOR DAILY NEWS • December 8, 2020
“Dad, can you do a favor for me?” That’s how it all started. It was a Sunday evening in 2016 when my daughter telephoned. Her two sons and a friend had found a robin on the ground. Over the course of four years, I’ve probably transported between 200 and 300 birds to Avian Haven, a wildlife rehabilitation center in Freedom. I don’t ask what sort of bird it is because it doesn’t matter. Either I am available or I am not. Being retired, usually I am. ~ Richard Spinney, Brewer