JoAnn Thompson holds a young Brown Thrasher that she is raising at her Oak Ridge home. Thompson has been taking in abandoned and injured songbirds for 12 years and rehabilitating them back to the wild. With the cost of raising the birds coming from her own money, Thompson says 'It's more of a spiritual journey than anything else.'

Photo by Kohl Threlkeld

JoAnn Thompson holds a young Brown Thrasher that she is raising at her Oak Ridge home. Thompson has been taking in abandoned and injured songbirds for 12 years and rehabilitating them back to the wild. With the cost of raising the birds coming from her own money, Thompson says "It's more of a spiritual journey than anything else."

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