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-Feathered Fun |
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Tiffany: You dont like them?"
Animal Handler: House sparrows are fine in Europe, where theyre native. But because people released them here in North America over a hundred years ago, they are competing with native birds for food and shelter, as well as causing trouble for farmers.
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Wanda: We feed birds; we put up a hummingbird feeder, too.
Animal Handler: Great! Hummingbirds are fascinating, so small and so fast. Would you like to see a hummingbird nest? I can show you one in the Discovery Center.
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12/11/07, final images
illustrator: Bill Otersen
writer: Sarah Wagoner |
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Tiffany: Raptors, Ace. It means they are birds of prey. They eat rodents, or snakes, or fish, some kind of meat, smaller animals, you know, prey,