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extinct and unGoogleable Christmas Tree Birds Wait a second, what are "Christmas Tree Birds"?
by hurpaDurpa 8y ago
extinct and unGoogleable Christmas Tree Birds
Wait a second, what are "Christmas Tree Birds"?
- lsh 8y agoexactly!
- mncharity 8y agoChristmas trees used to have candles. So a flock of flame-colored birds sitting in trees resembled Christmas trees with candle flames. Thus a (nick?)name, "Christmas-tree birds". My very fuzzy recollection is 1600's Manhattan. So perhaps I saw it in the Mannahatta exhibit/project/book? But I don't quickly see it on [1]. And Google/Bing are giving me nothing related. Upon reflection, I'm now unsure the "yell to be heard in Manhattan" story was the same bird - I may well be folding together two stories there. [1] https://welikia.org/ https://welikia.org/