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Do Not Feed Baby Birds Ham

10,000 Birds

Erin Smithies-Baker’s colleague Lisa Kelly took in two box turtles a woman had kept for years, feeding them nothing but spaghetti and meatballs. Nestling songbirds fed hamburger and cat food,” wrote Sean O’Brien. And scrambled eggs,” added Hilary Lewis. “I We ended up naming them ‘Ragu’ and ‘Prego.’”. wrote Maryjane Angelo.

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Birding the Wolongshan area in June 2023

10,000 Birds

Indeed, most cuckoo eggs are accepted by the babax ( source ), although a small proportion of hosts reject cuckoo eggs and often boast about this capability when having a few too many drinks. Ditto Oriental Turtle Dove. The Chinese Babax is a laughingthrush, as is Elliot’s Laughingthrush. Force of habit, I guess.