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Maureen Beattie reads from Esther Woolfson's story of her life with birds.

Esther was an unlikely candidate to become a bird lover until her husband's grandmother asked her to look after some doves. They became the first of a long line of birds to become an integral part of her household.

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Tue 19 Aug 2008 00:30

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