Well, I'm glad the response hasn't been totally negative, but as some serious questions have been raised about the ethics, perhps its not a course of action I should recommend. I shall inform the OP accordingly.
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Originally Posted by eeyore No offence mate but I think you will find that my post above does contain facts , evidence in fact that habituating wild birds to close human contact aint a good idea.
I could also tell you about a starling which had its tail stapled down to a table, a pigeon doused in lighter fluid and set alight, swans doused in hot treacle, or a robin found nearly starved after a charming individual shut it in a biscuit tin, or twenty or thirty similar tales.
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With all due respect to yourself, anecdotal evidence is not scientific evidence, which is what I was hoping for, perhaps unrealistically. Apologies if that was unclear.