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Birding economics: US bird-feeder industry recession proof?

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Betty Pauciello fled the corporate world nearly 18 years ago, shedding a job as director of operations at a computer company that had become more about preparing layoff lists than anything else. Actually, took flight might be a better way to describe Pauciello’s departure, considering what lured her away: Birds. A longtime enthusiast of the feathered sort, the Bucks County resident decided to turn a backyard hobby into a career and, consequently, base her income on the eating habits of those weighing barely an ounce, if that. [Philadelphia Inquirer]

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