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Feeding birds has poetic ties to Valentine's Day celebration

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From: Chicago Sun-Times
Date: 19880214
Author:Dorsey Connors

Geoffrey Chaucer, the father of English poetry, noted that birds began to pair off on St. Valentine's Day. He began the romantic theme of humans pairing off on the feast day of this early Christian priest.

Since we owe the celebration of Valentine's Day to our feathered friends, let's be sure they are fed on this and every other wintry day. I've often wondered why the sparrows, woodpeckers, cardinals, chickadees, starlings and finches hung around these cold climes when the rest of the bird world made their way to the sunshine and warmth of the South. Kevin Bell, curator of birds at ...

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