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Oh dear, sitting watching Unsprung and whilst I'm fascinated with Starling, I can't help thinking if they will again become very popular pets. I'm imagining them being captured and taught to speak and stuck in cages. am I just being over sensitive. They are brilliant imitators, often in the mornings in the Spring we thought there was a curlew in the garden
Thank you for the welcome!
I have some photos of the flock at http://www.flickr.com/photos/maisiehexagon/sets/72157621649864027/
I agree about people who keep birds just to say "I have a xxxx". If you're going to have birds, have them either in first class accommodation as a thriving community, or as part of your family, to interact with, but not just in a cage as a collector's item.
I should also have mentioned that taking on a "wild" bird isn't something to be taken lightly. Finding a sitter for a cat or dog when you go on holiday is easy. Finding a magpie sitter...? Thankfully our parents get on OK with the birds! It's also time-consuming to take on one of these birds. Corvids especially are social, intelligent birds. Pie always wants to be part of what you're doing. If you're in the lounge with the glass partition door shut to his domain, there will be a beak at the door wanting to know what you're up to, and why he's not included. Juggling out-time for birds that don't get on also leaves you with precious little free time in the evening.
A closed mouth gathers no foot.
Hello Maisie.
A belated welcome from me. I think what your doing to help out birds that wouldn't otherwise survive in the wild is fantastic. I can just imagine the noise levels in your house with a magpie and starling competing for attention. ;-)
Paul.
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