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15 Australian Birds (Episode 4)

10,000 Birds

Generally, this is not a bird getting a lot of good press. If I was so inclined, I might think that they deserve to be killed by Pied Currawongs for their sinful behavior. This is what killed James Dean. In terms of design, the Pied Currawong also seems to be inspired by satan, and I mean this in the best possible way.

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

10,000 Birds

Its goal was to limit the greedy collecting of birds killed for the plume trade, the bird meat trade (as in the wholesale slaughter of the Passenger Pigeon), and for sport (again, the Passenger Pigeon and declining numbers of waterfowl). McLean, Birdman of the Senate by Will McLean Greeley RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press; March 2023) Paperback,

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Kermie

Animal Person

Though she hadn’t managed to kill anyone yet, I wasn’t about to roll the dice on whether she really did have some kind of predator instinct. When I answered the phone, I inadvertently pressed the “speakerphone” button, and as soon as Emily heard her daddy’s voice, she trotted over to the phone to rub her face on it.