No, it's even more awful. I was visiting my mother and little sister (tween at the time) on vacation from work (we lived in different states), and I was going to make them breakfast. Spaced out on the pan while trying to sort out the ingredients. Everybody tried to make me feel better (because no one else had ever heard that Teflon kills birds either), but little sister was distraught.
I'm so sorry. I'm a fan of teflon but I'm spacey enough that I wouldn't cook on it if I had birds.
How long ago was this? I'm guessing that the relevant knowledge maybe still isn't widespread.
Probably 10-15 years ago at this point, but I still feel shitty about it.