🕊National Bird Day
🔶 Study of birds - Ornithology
🔶 Hummingbird is smallest bird on earth & the only birds that can fly backwards & upside down.
🔶 Salim Ali - Birdman of India
🔷 Born Free USA emphasizes the importance of National Bird Day and lists it as a day to shine a spotlight on issues critical to the protection and survival of birds.
🔷 According to Born Free USA, nearly 12 percent of the world’s almost 10,000 bird species are in danger of extinction.
🔷 One of the largest bird parks in the U.S is the National Aviary located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is home to over 600 birds
🔷 National Bird Day was launched in 2002 in the United States. This commemoration then spread to various other parts of the world.
🔷The other relevant days to National Bird Day are Bird Day (comes on May 4)
World Migratory Bird Day (Celebrated on 2nd Saturday in May), International Migratory Bird Day and Bird Day in the UK
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