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    At work on a thrush quartet

    May 04, 2022 3 minutes

    HE breeding season has now started for some keepers, with nests built and eggs laid as well. By contrast, when I was writing this bulletin, nothing had really started in my aviaries apart from my lilac-breasted rollers which were in and out of the nest-box. My Bali mynas have started to pick pieces of nest material up and flying round with them. However, the cock has decided to pull a few feathers out of the hen,

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