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Talking Starlings

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The bird is now bonded to humans and an ambassador to her class and the bird has quite the vocabular y. In areas where starlings are introduced, the laws for keeping them as pets are relaxed. The woman in the video found it as a chick at a few days old and hand reared it. This is not the first talking European Starling on YouTube.

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15 Australian Birds (Episode 5)

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Identifying White-eyes in Australia is easier than here in China, as the Silvereye is the only family member present in most parts of the country. Magpie-larks build rather nice-looking nests that I probably could not make even after attending a pottery class. Can anyone help me, please” Poor Deb. So she took over a bit later.

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Melange Monday

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Nosey the African elephant is with Liebling Family circus in Florida, right now they are in Mount Dora, this outfit violates animal welfare regulations on a regular basis. If you cannot videotape, how about a photo of your group/class/pets club holding up a sign asking for Nosey to be rescued from her daily torment ?

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A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington: Senator George P. McLean, Birdman of the Senate

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Plume hunting raged supreme 150 years ago, when egret feathers were part of a worldwide trade in feathers and other bird parts, used for women’s hats and other articles of clothing (but mostly hats), delighting the upper classes and practically wiping out bird species. Treaties trump state laws. ©2023, Donna L.