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‘Glee’ Star Mark Salling PROOF I Was a Bird-Loving Hippie … Before I Got Famous

Months before skyrocketing to fame on the cast of “Glee,” Mark Salling was a tree-hugging bird-loving acoustic-guitar-playing hippie-dippie park squatter — and we got the footage to prove it!

You see, Mark — an outspoken bird advocate — is a member of the Echo Park Ornithology Club in Los Angeles.

And three years ago, right before Mark struck it big on “Glee” — he expressed his pride in the animal organization by whipping out his guitar at a park meeting … and jamming out an EPOC theme song he wrote.

You probably wouldn’t guess from the lyrics — but the song’s called “Echo Park Ornithology Club.

“It’s not that bad either … in fact, it’s painfully catchy. You’ve been warned.

(via talkedtoomuchsaidtoolittle)