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It even looked up at me a few times but never considered me a threat.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Fauna"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Finch-Chick01-09-09-11-lo-res.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11501,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/02\/12\/stunned-finch-chick\/","url_meta":{"origin":8560,"position":1},"title":"Stunned Finch Chick","date":"February 12, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"A little, yellow Finch chick banged itself into our living room window this morning and then flopped down onto the patio. It seemed a bit stunned but otherwise none the worse for its mishap. After a few minutes of sitting long enough for me to get some photos, it flew\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Fauna"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Finch-Chick01-02-12-12-lo-res.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11516,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/02\/13\/finch-and-felines\/","url_meta":{"origin":8560,"position":2},"title":"Finch And Felines","date":"February 13, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"While house-sitting for friends of mine in Chula Vista I got these images of their two cats showing more than a passing interest in their Zebra Finches. 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