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From: wcapling@vaxc.ARPA (Wayne Caplinger)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Contributions from Exotic Bird owners.
Message-ID: <28655@vaxc.ARPA>
Date: 25 Sep 89 17:25:46 GMT
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Reply-To: wcaplinger@teknowledge.com (Wayne Caplinger)
Organization: Teknowledge, Inc., Palo Alto CA
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I wish to blur the distinctions between bird watchers and cagebird keepers,
and between "captive" and "wild and unrestrained" birds.

My SO and I go birding frequently.
We also have brought birding home with us.
We have a few cockatiels sharing our flat.
They have full run of the place, and are never in a cage.
If they wish, they can play with us, sleep on a knee, or ride on a shoulder.

Some parts of the flat are theirs excusively,
for sleeping, eating and breeding.
They lead bird-like lives, except that they have no predators,
and their jungle is small.

We usually feel less affinity with "cagebird" people (emphasis on "cage")
than with bird watchers.
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