in 1996, the author and her husband tom turned their backyard into a wild bird sanctuary. a quail named sweetie was among the birds rescued and brought to the sanctuary for care. from the birds of pandemonium 1 it may have been ludicrous to imagine sweetie as an attack quail, but i can say that his charm was a sweet sort of tyranny. when he ran to me, i had to put other bird chores on hold to enjoy this tiny bird with the outsize personality. i learned to feed him last so as not to be late in getting to birds scheduled after him. the reason was simple. when he sat in my lap and sang, i lost track of time. 2 like any virtuoso, sweetie had very strong preferences, especially when it came to food. when i brought him home from the shelter, i fed him game - bird mash, as recommended by the humane society. the food is protein rich, formulated to supply all needed minerals and vitamins for game birds. since quail are considered game birds, the choice of food seemed reasonable. our pheasants, also game birds, loved chopped - up greens, so i offered him these, as well as \birdie bread,\ a homemade corn bread with strained baby - food veggies, eggs (including the shells), shredded carrots, and pellets in it. most of our birds reacted to it as a yummy treat. 3 not sweetie. i would enter his aviary carrying food dishes, and he would run to me and watch intently as i put them down. he poked his beak into each dish and then turned his gaze upward. i kept trying: crushed cheerios, fruit cut into tiny pieces, bread crumbs, hard - boiled eggs mashed into a paste. the reaction was the same, yet i could tell he was hungry. hed look at me as if to say, why cant you understand what i want? and then hed let out a soft cry like a trill. this sentence is from the passage. hough none of our wild birds were as receptive to humans as sweetie, many showed the inclination to communicate.\ (paragraph 23) select two descriptions of sweetie that explain what the phrase receptive to humans means. 1. \had very strong preferences\ (paragraph 2) 2. \he would run to me\ (paragraph 3) 3. \standing disconsolately over my substitution\ (paragraph 9) 4. \so clearly interested in engaging me\ (paragraph 12) 5. \had already taken the first step\ (paragraph 12)

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in 1996, the author and her husband tom turned their backyard into a wild bird sanctuary. a quail named sweetie was among the birds rescued and brought to the sanctuary for care. from the birds of pandemonium 1 it may have been ludicrous to imagine sweetie as an attack quail, but i can say that his charm was a sweet sort of tyranny. when he ran to me, i had to put other bird chores on hold to enjoy this tiny bird with the outsize personality. i learned to feed him last so as not to be late in getting to birds scheduled after him. the reason was simple. when he sat in my lap and sang, i lost track of time. 2 like any virtuoso, sweetie had very strong preferences, especially when it came to food. when i brought him home from the shelter, i fed him game - bird mash, as recommended by the humane society. the food is protein rich, formulated to supply all needed minerals and vitamins for game birds. since quail are considered game birds, the choice of food seemed reasonable. our pheasants, also game birds, loved chopped - up greens, so i offered him these, as well as \birdie bread,\ a homemade corn bread with strained baby - food veggies, eggs (including the shells), shredded carrots, and pellets in it. most of our birds reacted to it as a yummy treat. 3 not sweetie. i would enter his aviary carrying food dishes, and he would run to me and watch intently as i put them down. he poked his beak into each dish and then turned his gaze upward. i kept trying: crushed cheerios, fruit cut into tiny pieces, bread crumbs, hard - boiled eggs mashed into a paste. the reaction was the same, yet i could tell he was hungry. hed look at me as if to say, why cant you understand what i want? and then hed let out a soft cry like a trill. this sentence is from the passage. 	hough none of our wild birds were as receptive to humans as sweetie, many showed the inclination to communicate.\ (paragraph 23) select two descriptions of sweetie that explain what the phrase receptive to humans means. 1. \had very strong preferences\ (paragraph 2) 2. \he would run to me\ (paragraph 3) 3. \standing disconsolately over my substitution\ (paragraph 9) 4. \so clearly interested in engaging me\ (paragraph 12) 5. \had already taken the first step\ (paragraph 12)

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2. "he would run to me" (Paragraph 3)
4. "so clearly interested in engaging me" (Paragraph 12)

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