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--Boundary_(ID_kJFZCDejMZQ/toKd07v5MA) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT APR. 28, 2010 - I noticed this item in the current, May/June 2010 issue of Bird Watcher's Digest on p. 12 in the "Quick Takes" news column: "CLEVER ROCK PIGEONS DOWN UNDER" "It was first noticed last year, and it has continued since. Rock Pigeons in the Brisbane, Australia, central business district's Post Office Square have figured out how to access a human water source. "After waiting until the unit is clear of human use, one pigeon jumps on the lever of a water fountain, another seemingly keeps watch, and a third takes a cool drink or bathes. When the first sips and bathing are over, it's time to change places. Passersby marvel at the birds' ingenuity." [This note is accompanied by a photo of three rock pigeons in their places on the water fountain.] ------------------------- I can't help wondering if this apparently complex feat elevates the pigeons' intellectuality up near the parrots, ravens & crows, jays, etc.?? Cheers from Jim in Wolfville --Boundary_(ID_kJFZCDejMZQ/toKd07v5MA) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>APR. = 28, 2010</b> - I noticed this item in the current, May/June 2010 issue = of <b>Bird Watcher's Digest </b>on p. 12 in the "Quick Takes" news = column:</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>"CLEVER ROCK PIGEONS DOWN = UNDER"</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal = normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">"It was first noticed last year, and it has continued = since. Rock Pigeons in the Brisbane, Australia, central business = district's Post Office Square have figured out how to access a human = water source.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica">"After waiting until the unit is clear of human use, = one pigeon jumps on the lever of a water fountain, another seemingly = keeps watch, and a third takes a cool drink or bathes. When the = first sips and bathing are over, it's time to change places. = Passersby marvel at the birds' ingenuity."</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">[This = note is accompanied by a photo of three rock pigeons in their places on = the water fountain.]</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">-------------------------</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top:= 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I can't help wondering if this = apparently complex feat elevates the pigeons' intellectuality up near = the parrots, ravens & crows, jays, etc.??</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div>Cheers from Jim in Wolfville</div> </body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_kJFZCDejMZQ/toKd07v5MA)--
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