August 15, 2009
Doves & Pigeons
A fellow volunteer at the wildlife hospital found and housed Chance — the homing pigeon who didn’t find his way home. Homing and racing pigeons are banded with traceable numbers. But the problem with Chance’s band is that it was applied more than ten years ago. And between then and now, Chance has changed ownership [...]
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August 2, 2009
Quail and Pheasants and Grouse
He handed over the box: “A rescued quail.” We volunteer at a wildlife hospital, so a safe assumption might be California Quail. But assumptions are frivolous in a world where volunteers — well, mostly us newer ones — sometimes miss on species identification. He clearly wasn’t a California Quail. Their markings are distinct and easy [...]
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