tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post6872581542726858985..comments2024-03-27T23:55:17.673-07:00Comments on Flogging Babel: Another Day, Another Life BirdMichael Swanwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-32670711912362667562021-02-04T14:01:28.308-08:002021-02-04T14:01:28.308-08:00I read about that! The quarantine officials were g...I read about that! The quarantine officials were going to put the pigeon down, so pigeon-fanciers quickly came up with a claim that the leg band could have been bought locally, so the bird was spared.<br /><br />I doubt anyone was fooled, however.Michael Swanwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-26554547627794128032021-01-15T15:49:38.566-08:002021-01-15T15:49:38.566-08:00I was going to follow on from this by mentioning t...I was going to follow on from this by mentioning that in Australia we currently have a racing pigeon that’s shown up from Alabama, presumably by hopping a ride on a ship. When I went to dig up a url, I found the story had grown complications, with allegations that the pigeon’s leg band was faked:<br /><br />https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-15/fake-us-leg-band-gets-joe-the-pigeon-reprieve-biosecurity/13061544<br /><br />Discussions of pigeon leg-band faking are above my pay grade, so I’ll just leave this here.HANNAH'S DADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05877455489975811860noreply@blogger.com