The headlines include a story about a homing pigeon named Peter. He's distinctive in that he is from Spain. He was supposed to fly to Majorca from Ibiza over the Mediterranean Sea. Instead, it went some 5,000 kilometres across the Atlantic Ocean to Sable Island, off of Nova Scotia.
Pigeons don't visit the Island, it was noteworthy. The islands is 290 kilometres southeast of Halifax. That would explain how a Parks Canada employee spotted the pigeon in late March. The pigeon had a leg brace with an identification number, so it was traceable.
The theory goes that the bird decided to rest on a cargo ship and got a ride across the Atlantic. It sounds like it was traumatized by the trip, because it didn't do much on Sable Island - hardly moved around at all. The poor bird was found to have a gastrointestinal parasite when it was taken to a wildlife care centre. It has recovered since.
The pigeon got named Peter by the Parks people. The Spanish owner says Peter can stay in Nova Scotia or come home, whatever is best for the bird. I wonder what Peter wants to do? Lounge around a wildlife centre or fly hundreds of kilometres in races? Let's make a guess.
Our picture today is the first of the orchards to bloom -this is a multiple image in-camera picture. This orchard is near Brian's lily field on Fifth Street Louth. Lots of farms and Bakker growing fields there. And the tulip pick farm is open on Seventh Street at Fourth Avenue. Prime blossom time is arriving.
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