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burdi:
Trouble in Manitoba’s golden-winged warblers population
NOVEMBER 28, 2017 — Manitoba offers a special home to golden-winged warblers and until recently we were thought to have the most genetically pure populations of these striking songbirds. But new research suggests this is changing.
Link to entire story: https://news.umanitoba.ca/manitobas-golden-winged-warblers-worlds-last-pure-population-touched-by-local-and-distant-conservation-problems/
burdi:
Four rare chimney swift chicks that tumbled from a chimney in Lower Fort Garry have been rehabilitated.
Read the news story here: Rare chicks rescued in Manitoba catch flight to Ontario before heading south
Jazzerkins:
I hope there is a follow-up to tell all that are interested what exactly the message was. I am now very curious.
The Peregrine Chick:
This is very very cool .... but its from a few years ago, which seems appropriate ...
World War II Carrier Pigeon With Coded Message Found In England
Huffington Post - 2 Nov 2012
A retired probation officer in England cleaning out his chimney recently was startled to sweep up a 70-year-old secret amid the soot: the skeleton of a World War II carrier pigeon with a coded message still attached to its leg.
Read the rest here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/01/world-war-ii-carrier-pigeon-surrey_n_2057149.html
Kinderchick:
Thanks for sharing this link, Jazz. :)
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