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If there were no Birds!!!!!!!!

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I sometimes wonder, what would have been the fate of our beautiful earth if there  were no birds. Most of us can not even imagine how this planet would look like without these flying beauties. But let us give it a thought.......... Alexandrine parakeet To understand it first of all we need to understand the behaviour and activities of the birds.The birds are perhaps the creatures   with one of the fastest metabolic rates,which is why we see them eating all the times.Many birds can eat food equivalent to half their body weight everyday,and many can even eat more than their body weight. Oriental Magpie Robin One must take time to enjoy the beautiful sight of  birds feeding their young ones.It is really amazing to see them  returning back to their nest with food about 1000 times every day.These birds therefore eat thousands of insects, worms, beetles, moths, caterpillars and rodents most of  which have a tendency to multiply at...