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Neville, a Major Mitchell’s cockatoo. Major Mitchell was a Scottish-born Australian explorer. From Bird Love, images © Leila Jeffreys Pepper, the southern boobook ...

This was long before it became a popular backyard activity. She would rip up stale bread and throw it out in the yard. It attracted birds, for sure, but, as I remember it, only starlings and sparrows ...