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...that the hood mockingbird will occasionally attack people in an attempt to get fresh water from them?
...that prior to the development of binoculars, bird collections, collections consisting of birds and parts of their anatomy, were the dominant method of bird observation and study among ornithologists?
...that bird nests range in size from the tiny one inch high cup of some hummingbirds to the massive five meter high mounds of some dusky scrubfowl?