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The Bird Way: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

This is a bit of a rabbit hole, however, and you may find yourself, as I did, spending the day watching videos of Superb Lyrebirds singing and Kea Parrots making snowballs. This way, you can easily look up images and videos of the many fantastic birds described.

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15 Australian Birds (Episode 6)

10,000 Birds

“The slender-billed cockatoo ( long – billed corella ) is a very affectionate, easy-going pet bird and one of the best talking parrots” ( source ). Is it offensive to say that Australian Zebra Finches breed like rabbits? Talk about schizophrenia. I guess we have to be thankful they do not also wear leggings.

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Australia’s extinct and threatened bird species

10,000 Birds

Rats arrived on ships and cats, foxes and rabbits were all introduced and they were all detrimental to the bird population. One of the birds most likely to have been heard about in recent years is the Night Parrot. Handbook to The Birds of Australia, 1865. Preface,p.xxiv.

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