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I've got nine kids, nine dogs, three grandkids - and one in the oven. And three parrots!

I've often said that the most important thing you can give your children is wings. Because, you're not gonna always be able to bring food to the nest. You're... sometimes... they're gonna have to be able to fly by themselves.

My mother was known as the 'bird lady' of the neighborhood. Anything injured, or any unusual creature somebody found, they would always come to our doorstep.

Whenever you have an animal and bring another one into the house, it's a very traumatic event. It's a story as old as bringing home a second child from the hospital, when the first child kind of goes, 'Hey, aren't I enough?'

I have two grandchildren.

I have six children.

Birds are indicators of the environment. If they are in trouble, we know we'll soon be in trouble.

I've got three kids, and those are mouths to feed.

Gwen and I have four children and ten grandchildren.

I've got four kids to feed and a wife to provide for. It's a worry but a great responsibility as well and one I relish.