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--Boundary_(ID_Sfyz9qmkFudey3rfWJJOMA) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Thanks, Cam! Just a few years ago I heard about (and saw a film, too) about BARN SWALLOWS that learned the same trick regarding an electric eye that opened a glass door in a shopping mall, I think, in order to tend their nest which was inside that door! Cheers from Jim in Wolfville Begin forwarded message: > From: Joy and Cam Finlay <joyandcamfinlay@shaw.ca> > Date: April 28, 2010 8:30:21 PM ADT > To: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: Re: Clever Rock Pigeons Down Under -- Bird Watcher's > Digest, May/June 2010 > > Jim > That is in the same category as the house sparrows Joy and I > watched at a shopping mall in Vancouver. To get into the store a > bird, both male and female would fly up near the top and side door > to activate the door which then slid open to let the bird in!he birds. > Cam > ----- Original Message ----- > From: James W. Wolford > To: NatureNS ; Linda Lusby ; Dave Shutler ; Marty Leonard ; Colleen > Barber ; Joy and Cam Finlay ; Marty Snyder > Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 10:50 AM > Subject: Clever Rock Pigeons Down Under -- Bird Watcher's Digest, > May/June 2010 > > 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_Sfyz9qmkFudey3rfWJJOMA) 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; "> Thanks, Cam! Just a few years ago I heard about (and saw a film, = too) about BARN SWALLOWS that learned the same trick regarding an = electric eye that opened a glass door in a shopping mall, I think, in = order to tend their nest which was inside that door! Cheers from = Jim in Wolfville<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">Joy and Cam Finlay <<a = href=3D"mailto:joyandcamfinlay@shaw.ca">joyandcamfinlay@shaw.ca</a>></f= ont></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">April 28, 2010 8:30:21 PM = ADT</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">"James W. Wolford" <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></fon= t></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Re: Clever Rock Pigeons Down Under = -- Bird Watcher's Digest, May/June 2010</b></font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: = normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: = normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: = 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; = "><div>Jim</div><div> That is in the same category as = the house sparrows Joy and I watched at a shopping mall in = Vancouver. To get into the store a bird, both male and female = would fly up near the top and side door to activate the door which then = slid open to let the bird in!he = birds.</div><div>Cam </div><blockquote dir=3D"ltr" = style=3D"border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-width: 2px; = border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px; = margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px; "><div style=3D"font: normal normal = normal 10pt/normal arial; ">----- Original Message -----</div><div = style=3D"font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; background-image: = initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; = -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; = background-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); background-position: initial = initial; "><b>From:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = title=3D"jimwolford@eastlink.ca" = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">James W. Wolford</a></div><div = style=3D"font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><b>To:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = title=3D"naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">NatureNS</a><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>;<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = title=3D"linda.lusby@acadiau.ca" = href=3D"mailto:linda.lusby@acadiau.ca">Linda Lusby</a><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>;<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = title=3D"dave.shutler@acadiau.ca" = href=3D"mailto:dave.shutler@acadiau.ca">Dave Shutler</a><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>;<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = title=3D"mleonard@is.dal.ca" href=3D"mailto:mleonard@is.dal.ca">Marty = Leonard</a><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>;<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = title=3D"colleen.barber@smu.ca" = href=3D"mailto:colleen.barber@smu.ca">Colleen Barber</a><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>;<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = title=3D"joyandcamfinlay@shaw.ca" = href=3D"mailto:joyandcamfinlay@shaw.ca">Joy and Cam Finlay</a><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>;<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = title=3D"marlene.snyder@acadiau.ca" = href=3D"mailto:marlene.snyder@acadiau.ca">Marty Snyder</a></div><div = style=3D"font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; = "><b>Sent:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Wednesday, April 28, 2010 = 10:50 AM</div><div style=3D"font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal = arial; "><b>Subject:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Clever Rock Pigeons Down = Under -- Bird Watcher's Digest, May/June 2010</div><div><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font size=3D"3" face=3D"Helvetica" style=3D"font: = normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><b>APR. 28, 2010</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>- I noticed this item in = the current, May/June 2010 issue of<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Bird Watcher's = Digest<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></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; = min-height: 14px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = "><br></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = size=3D"3" face=3D"Helvetica" style=3D"font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; "><b>"CLEVER ROCK PIGEONS DOWN = UNDER"</b></font></div><div style=3D"text-align: center; margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = min-height: 14px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font size=3D"3" = face=3D"Helvetica" style=3D"font: normal normal normal 12px/normal = 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; min-height: 14px; font: = normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font size=3D"3" face=3D"Helvetica" style=3D"font: = normal normal normal 12px/normal 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; min-height: 14px; font: = normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font size=3D"3" face=3D"Helvetica" style=3D"font: = normal normal normal 12px/normal 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 size=3D"3" = face=3D"Helvetica" style=3D"font: normal normal normal 12px/normal = 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></blockquote></span></blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_Sfyz9qmkFudey3rfWJJOMA)--
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