Birds, whether they be caged pets, or free birds, are incredible! Little dinosaur ancestors. I have parakeets, love birds and canaries here at home. I enjoy listening to them sing every morning and afternoon. I also feed the sparrows in the street and the hummingbirds. It's nice to have a bit of nature come into your yard. Currently, there are about 9,000 species of birds in the world. The first known bird species was archaeopteryx which lived 150 million years ago (85 million years before the dinosaurs died off). There are over 60 species of birds that cannot fly. If you don't like to keep birds or look at birds in the wild, you can always eat 'em: there are no birds that we cannot eat (i.e., there are no poisonous birds). read more

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