ROOK
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ROOK

Rook: Augurs and understood relations have by maggot pies and choughs and rooks brought forth the secret'st man of blood. Rooks are one of the more social birds of the Crow Family.

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FINCH
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FINCH

Shakespeare Species Finch: The finch, the sparrow, and the lark, the plainsong cuckoo gray. Finches including Chaffinches were sometimes kept as caged birds.

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HEDGE SPARROW
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HEDGE SPARROW

Shakespeare Species Hedge Sparrow: the hedge sparrow fed the cuckoo so long, that it’s had it head bit off by it young. The Tree Sparrow is slightly smaller than the House Sparrow and numbers declining greatly since the 1980s.

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WILD DUCK
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WILD DUCK

Shakespeare Species Wild Duck: There is no more valour in that Poins than in a wild duck. Another one of Falstaff’s nature based insults toward his companions. There are several species of wild Duck in the UK some resident & some migratory.

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OWL
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OWL

Shakespeare Species Owl: It was the owl that shrieked, the fatal bellman, which gives the stern’st good-night. The Barn Owl is sometimes called the Screech Owl for its piercing call.

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CROW
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CROW

Shakespeare Species Crow: the crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark when neither is attended. The Carrion Crow and Hooded Crow are 2 UK species, intelligent, noisy and highly adaptable.

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DAW
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DAW

Shakespeare Species Daw (Jackdaw): At your request? Yes, nightingales answer daws. Jackdaws are a widespread member of the Crow family with a distinctive ‘tchack’ call.

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PARROT
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PARROT

Shakespeare Species PARROT: that ever this fellow should have fewer words than a parrot, and yet the son of a woman! Parrots have been popular companion birds since antiquity with an ability to speak.

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SNIPE
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SNIPE

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, SNIPE: If I would time expend with such a snipe but for my sport and pleasure. Iago describes Roderigo as a ‘Snipe’, an unworthy hunting target. Snipes have undergone declines in recent decades.

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PIGEON
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PIGEON

Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, PIGEON: This fellow pecks up wit as a pigeon peas. Pigeons including Wood Pigeons were widespread & also important food for many.

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