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Wild birds playing electric guitar.
#326145 10/20/10 12:59 PM
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No, "Wild Birds" is not the name of the band. Contemporary French artist Celeste Boursier-Mougenot set up a Les Paul in a room with 40 zebra finches and recorded what happened.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/willgompertz/2010/02/40_wild_birds_play_a_gibson_le.html

It actually sounds better that a lot of the "music" I've heard in guitar stores. smile

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pmbuko #326149 10/20/10 02:30 PM
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Oh, that's SO cute, Peter...interesting too! I've actually got two zebra finches at home, and if they can make noise either vocally or with objects, they certainly will. I'll bet they loved that guitar! HAHA!

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sonicfox #326152 10/20/10 03:02 PM
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Can I see more pictures of your beasts?

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pmbuko #326158 10/20/10 04:53 PM
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Lol, Peter.

Mary, we finally see your tweeters, haha. My brother used to work in an aviary many years ago and one time brought home over 30 different types of Zebra finches. He also raised a few parrots from newborns...still has one, "Cookie".


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Adrian #326166 10/20/10 07:15 PM
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That's cool, Adrian! I'll bet some of them were really pretty. They're cute little buggers too! Anyhow, I love birds. smile I also have 2 cockatiels.


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sonicfox #326173 10/20/10 08:44 PM
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I used to like birds. But I got tired of the noise and mess.

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sonicfox #326175 10/20/10 09:38 PM
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I used to have a Pekin Robin . They usually only live a few years long in captivity but my little fellah lived to 15 yrs shocked smile . Needless to say, it was heartbreaking to see him pass away after so many years.


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CatBrat #326176 10/20/10 10:04 PM
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Originally Posted By: CatBrat
I used to like birds. But I got tired of the noise and mess.


Really? And your cats had nothing to do with this decision? smile


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MarkSJohnson #326177 10/20/10 10:10 PM
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MarkSJohnson #326179 10/20/10 10:34 PM
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Originally Posted By: CatBrat
I used to like birds. But I got tired of the noise and mess.


Really? And your cats had nothing to do with this decision? smile


There's about 15 years between the birds and the cat. But, the cat would probably like me to keep birds again.

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Why does that bring Sylvester and Tweety to mind?


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jakewash #326182 10/20/10 11:28 PM
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CatBrat #326186 10/21/10 12:14 AM
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Ya_basta #326205 10/21/10 09:52 AM
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CatBrat #326230 10/21/10 04:59 PM
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Originally Posted By: CatBrat
I used to like birds kids. But I got tired of the noise and mess.


Sometimes I feel the same way. grin

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CatBrat #326276 10/22/10 02:19 AM
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I had a number of zebra finches when I was a kid. Saw the cats get a lot of them though... :-(

Now we have a lutino cockatiel and a sun conure. If my youngest daughter had her way, we would have a full aviary by now...


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