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Re:One in three fish caught never makes it to the plate – UN... by hurpaDurpa on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @01:35AM (#17495702) 

  extinct and unGoogleable Christmas Tree Birds
Wait a second, what are "Christmas Tree Birds"?
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Re:One in three fish caught never makes it to the plate – UN... by mncharity on Thursday July 12, 2018 @01:16AM (#17512329)
Christmas 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/

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Re:One in three fish caught never makes it to the plate – UN... by lsh on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @03:36AM (#17496064)
exactly!
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