Sibley labored for five years--one hour per illustration--painting every bird himself.

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The Antiquorum automaton includes a clock, which activates the automaton every half hour, triggering the bird to sing one of seven popular tunes (as live canaries of the time were routinely trained to do).

FORBES: Collecting

The bird produces more extract every day.

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She thought there was a sick bird in the house that kept calling for help, or more precisely, tweeting every few seconds as if it was in distress.

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