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Briton trains budgerigars to fly free yet return home
WOBURN England December 15 A 12th Duke of Bedford famous for wealth and estates demonstrates training methods for homing budgerigars in a 24 by 6 by 3 foot wire aviary at Woburn Park. Birds free fly during day and return to a feeding bin before night. The duke notes 50 percent homing in second breeding and 75 percent in third. He notes interest from amateur naturalists including Americans and highlights rare parrots and large private deer herd at Woburn Park.
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