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

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A racing pigeon was found, famished and exhausted, on an air force base in Vancouver, Canada. Lucky for him, a Canadian racing club is giving him a new home, and may even put him out to stud, a reward this pigeon has no doubt earned. Birding Birds News Canada racing pigeon Twitching UK White-throated Needletail'

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Come@Me: Don’t Mourn for Extinct Birds

10,000 Birds

The Zoo episode focuses on two Pink Pigeon couples: The Stud and Serendipity, a male and female that the zoo people hope will mate and produce a viable egg, and Thelma and Louise, a same-sex pair-bonded couple who the zoo people hope will incubate the egg and nurture the chick. They have a hard enough time with Canada Geese.

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