{"id":3789,"date":"2020-11-11T21:54:54","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T21:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3789"},"modified":"2020-11-11T21:54:54","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T21:54:54","slug":"king-of-the-birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3789","title":{"rendered":"King of the Birds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the traditional stories that I often tell is <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>King of the Birds<\/strong> <\/span>-I often embellish it with little extra parts. I have used it for today&#8217;s title because we have just finished our Book Club Zoom on <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>How to Be A Bad Birdwatcher<\/strong> <\/span>by <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Simon Barnes<\/strong><\/span>. I asked my fellow Bookies to nominate their favourite British Bird and the <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Wren<\/strong><\/span> was a popular nomination and he is the <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>King of the Birds<\/strong> <\/span>-I often make her the Queen!\u00a0\u00a0It was a positive discussion that cheered us all up in these times.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday&#8217;s Quiz Answers<\/p>\n<p>a) <em><strong>Northumberland<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 b) <strong><em>Dennis Potter\u00a0<\/em><\/strong> c) <strong><em>Cleeve Hill\u00a0\u00a0<\/em> <\/strong>d) <em><strong>South Africa\u00a0<\/strong> <\/em>e) <strong><em>Dylan Thomas<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A bird quiz of course for today!<\/p>\n<p>a) What bird has <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>biggest wing span<\/strong><\/span>?\u00a0\u00a0 b) What is the <strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">national bird of New Zealand<\/span><\/strong>?\u00a0 c) Which bird is known as the <span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Hedge Sparrow<\/strong><\/span>?\u00a0 d) What is the bird is on the <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>RSPB logo<\/strong><\/span>? e) What is the <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>largest bird<\/strong> <\/span>in the world? f) Which is the <strong><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">smallest bird<\/span> <\/strong>in the world?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the traditional stories that I often tell is King of the Birds -I often embellish it with little extra parts. 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