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I just read the most interesting article about pigeons and their use in war time and how this one named Cher Ami is honoured with a Croix de Guerre from France for saving 194 American soldiers in October 1918. So…saude to pigeons!
I love Crows and owls both, so hard to pick but since it’s still daylight I’ll say crows.

Keep a bird as a pet or no

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From: JavaNY

3/15/23

I'd say no.

Pigeons are very intelligent and trainable, but I still don't want them on my streets. An owl, Flaco, escaped from the Central Park Zoo last month. He's doing well eating pigeons and rats. Born in captivity but has adopted to being on his own.

A home aquarium or no.

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From: Loreficent

3/15/23

Yes! I love aquariums. They have such cool equipment now as far as light, etc. That’s great the owl is doing well! So they must be tracking/monitoring him still…

Zoo go to or no?

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From: JavaNY

3/16/23

Go. Animals mostly don't belong in zoos, but they have value. The Bronx Zoo is 265 acres and most of the animals are "free". I think the lion exhibit is 4 acres. It's not the African Plains, but better than the cages they were in when I was young. Through they separate them from their prey with moats so it must annoy the lions to see a tasty giraffe or gazelle and not be able to get at it.

Air guitar or air drums.

Flaco The Owl stays in Central Park, so I guess he's easy to spot. Not the brightest squirrels to go up that tree.

A large Eurasian eagle-owl with prominent tufts above his orange eyes, perches on a tree branch as two squirrels seemingly taunt the bird with their proximity.