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blue jay

Bridgekeeper: What... is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?
King Arthur: What do you mean? An African or European swallow?
Bridgekeeper: Huh? I... I don't know that.
[he is thrown over]
Bridgekeeper: Auuuuuuuugh.
Sir Bedevere: How do know so much about swallows?
King Arthur: Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.

Monty Python

Ask any Texan, and you will no doubt learn that the mockingbird has the prettiest song of any bird native to North America. That's perhaps the chief reason the "mocker" was adopted as the state bird of Texas in 1927.

The song of the mockingbird is, in fact, a medley of the calls of many other birds. Each imitation is repeated two or three times, then another song is started. It is common for an individual bird to have as many as 25-30 songs in its repertory

myna birds

Kiwi birds are blind, so they hunt by smell.

when a bird throws up on you after feeding it means they love you

Owls turn their heads almost 360○ (a complete circle) but they cannot move their eyes.

Eagle's Nest

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Geese

SC

There are around 10000 different species of birds worldwide

Robin eggs

Pigeon poop on car windshields.

people love to eat birds

I watch Eagle nest and babies that are born and I love that daddy Eagle will sleep above the nest to protect it at night and in the day will bring in the food and share with the family as they rip bite by bite so tiny for the babies.

A bird’s eye takes up about 50 percent of its head; our eyes take up about 5 percent of our head. To be comparable to a bird’s eyes, our eyes would have to be the size of baseballs.