ReadersDigestAustraliaNewZealand-March2018

98 | March• 2018

DID YOU KNOW?

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The black-and-white filmBirdman

of Alcatrazis based on real-life

criminal and ornithologist Robert

Stroud, who raised and studied

canaries during many of his 54

years in multiple prisons.

Grab a bucket of popcorn and go behind

the scenes of these bird-related movies

Toprepareforherphysically

intensive ballerina role inBlack

Swan,NataliePortmantrained

fivehoursadayforsixmonths.

5

AngryBirds,amobilegamewith

hundredsoflevels,inspireda2016

movie featuring the titular characters.

2016

Oneofthehypercompetitive

protagonists ofThe Big Yearbegins

hisbirdingjourneyatPhoebe’sDiner,

anodtoPhoebeSnetsinger,thefirst

birder to see over 8000 species.

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FEATHERS

BY KAITLIN STAINBROOK

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