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A bird 'chews' with it's stomach.

Avocados are poisonous to birds.

Bluebirds cannot see the color blue.

Gloucestershire airport in England used to blast Tina Turner songs on the runways to scare birds away.

Hummingbirds can weigh less than a penny!

Hummingbirds can't walk.

Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows.

Owls are one of the only birds who can see the color blue!

The Pacific island of Nauru’s economy is almost entirely based on bird droppings.

The penguin is the only bird who can swim, but not fly!

The Wild Turkey is the only bird with a beard.

The chicken is the closest living relative to the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Many birds kept as pets, including doves, parakeets, and lovebirds, enjoy living in pairs for companionship.

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

Chickens have over 200 distinct noises they make for communicating.

Female birds choose their mate based on how attractive they find them!

The first bird domesticated by humans was the goose.

Kiwi birds are blind, so they hunt by smell.

The Ameraucana chicken and Araucana can lay green or blue eggs.

Chickens that lay brown eggs have red ear lobes. There is a genetic link between the two.

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