Interesting Facts about Birds
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Song thrushes use their saliva to mix the mud to line his nest. |
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The Mistle Thrush will attack any bird, animal or person that comes near their nest. |
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The Pied Wagtail is the only bird that walks. |
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Most birds will have two broods of nestlings some have three. |
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Birds become independent very quickly. Some leave the nest when they are three weeks old. |
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Magpies stay together in families for months after they are born. |
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Male birds have brighter plumage than the female. |
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The male wren builds lots of nests and the female wren chooses one of them to lay her eggs in.The male wren uses the others to roost in. |
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The pied wagtail's throat changes colour. It is white in winter and black in summer. |
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The female pied wagtail's tail becomes bent in Spring-time. |
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The male blackbird chooses where the female must build her nest. |
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Most male birds do not help the female build the nest. |
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The male chaffinch flies with the female when she is collecting things for her nest but will not help her to carry anything. |
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The magpie steals shiny things. |
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The magpie will eat injured or dead animals. |
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The song thrush uses a stone to crack the shell before removing the snail. |
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The male sparrow helps the female collect the material for her nest. |