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Sad End for Vagrant Swift, Happy Ending for Wrong-Way Pigeon

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While the stray Needletail met a tragic demise, another long-distance traveler has escaped its brush with death. A racing pigeon was found, famished and exhausted, on an air force base in Vancouver, Canada. Yup, this one-year-old pigeon, who was released for a race near Sapporo, Japan, flew clear across the Pacific !

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