Pigeons are princes in Bayview hideout
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- Pigeons are princes in Bayview hideout
- A passion for pigeons: Benton City woman raises 300 birds 19 …
- Good breeding: 156 species of birds call Cape Cod home
Pigeons are princes in Bayview hideout
San Francisco Chronicle
tmpl –>Things are looking up for the pigeon the once-noble bird with a PR problem. Pigeons have got their own Web site. Pigeons have got their own rescue group. Pigeons have got their own benefactress a retired social worker named Elizabeth Young a woman with a big heart and an even bigger pigeon coop in her Bayview district backyard.
A passion for pigeons: Benton City woman raises 300 birds 19 …
Mid Columbia Tri City Herald
The Whitbys farm on about five acres which provides enough space for her birds and for her husband Dan’s pets — a flock of hair sheep. But the birds are the main thing. Whitby said the bird pens have concrete floors which prevent predators from digging to reach the pigeons and wood-framed walls and roofs so the birds are protected from the elements. Each individual pen provides access to a wire-enclosed fly-pen framed with wood posts and layered with wire on the sides and top to prevent entry by raptors. Heavy hardware cloth wire extends to the ground and about 12 inches lower with rocks piled in a trench for added security in case dogs or skunks try to tunnel under. Keeping the bird breeds in separate pens within the large sheds is important when trying to selectively breed birds Whitby said. She has a special breeding room in one of her aviaries.
Good breeding: 156 species of birds call Cape Cod home
Wicked Local Dennis
It turns out that Barnstable County is just the place to raise your kids providing you’re of the avian persuasion. And the subjects of our tale are indeed of that persuasion. According to Joan Walsh coordinator of the Massachusetts Breeding Bird Atlas for Mass Audubon there are now 156 species of birds breeding on Cape Cod. Walsh spoke before a packed house at the monthly meeting of Cape Cod Bird Club Monday night at Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster. The early results from the current atlas reveal that the Cape has welcomed breeding turkeys American bitterns turkey vultures Cooper’s hawks willets upland sandpipers barred owls red-bellied woodpeckers Acadian flycatchers warbling vireos Kentucky warblers and clay colored sparrows since the last atlas was completed in 1979. That first atlas was done over a period of five years from 1974 to ’79. Massachusetts was divided into 1055 10-mile squares and volunteers covered each square for 20 hours during breeding season May 20 to July 1.
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