Word: birde
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...whooping cranes look alike to human eyes, the chances would run only 50-50 that the new pair would really make a pair. Maybe even whooping cranes find it hard to tell the difference. If so, that might be one reason why the whooping crane is a very rare bird...
...hold no brief for the 1957 car models described in your Feb. 18 Letters column, but on behalf of my fellow citizens of this state, I resent Mrs. McKinley's remarks. The road runner or chaparral cock is a cheerful bird, a curious delight to the traveler, an unassuming and, indeed, pedestrian fellow-the antithesis of the long, loud, brassy products designed for conspicuous consumption by the free-wheeling denizens of the freeways...
Such textbook faults would have been fatal at the National Field Trial Championships for bird dogs, a test that encourages professional handlers and emphasizes flawless technique.* The annual National Shooting Dog Championship is different-a competition among dogs that earn their keep by hunting, not performing. So spectators and judges alike look first to see how a dog performs the basic job of finding birds before worrying about his style and etiquette. Because it sticks to this practical approach and limits dog handlers to amateurs, the eight-year-old championship has become the nation's best test...
Last week a record field, 69 spruced-up dogs from 16 states, came down to Maytag's 13,000-acre plantation near Union Springs. Ala. to sniff for the championship. Running in pairs, the dogs were judged on bird-finding skill, response to their handlers, and on two points that the experts agree are born instincts: pointing and ranging widely over the field. Many of the top dogs are able and willing to stay on point up to two hours and cover 15 miles during a 90-min. hunt...
...leading bird in Ben Schriever's ICBM arsenal, Convair's Atlas, is scheduled for test-firing for the first time at Florida's Patrick Air Force Base this spring. This does not mean that the ICBM is ready for the 5,000 mile trip that will carry it 500 miles up into space. The first test will be over an 1,800 mile course at a lower altitude, primarily to check aerodynamic characteristics...