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To: nasdaqian who wrote (55734)	9/15/2000 11:05:20 AM
From: Michael M	Read Replies (1) of 71178

I question the theory that there are "nice" birds. Some, due to size, weak arsenals or separation from anything they can bother "seem" nice enough. I have kept pheasants, doves, pigeons, chickens and Guinea fowl. The phrase "pecking order" didn't pop up out of nowhere. You get a bunch of doves together and some are way rude -- azzholes, actually. GF, I'm convinced are afraid of heights. I used to let all but the pheasants roam in summer. A few doves would fly off but mostly all would hang out near the house and roost in some old pear trees. Picking a perch that ruled out hawk "fly-bys" was a priority. Standing on porch one day, I saw a hawk hit a dove mid-air about 15 feet away. Sent the smaller bird tumbling to the ground. Dove managed to scurry under a car before the hawk could wheel around and collect the prize. Figured the dove was mortally wounded but when I finally moved the car, here was this really upset featherless thing in the drive. The doves were amazingly tolerant of humans (no sudden moves allowed, of course). Nuts about Ritz Crackers. Never lost a cat. Maybe they were just quick as a ..... M

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