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The National Pigeon Association put him in touch with Pete Petravicius (known as "Pigeon Pete"), a pigeon racer. Upon first making contact Petravicius thought that Mann was a prank caller; however, the pair soon began a collaboration. [2] Mann first tried mounting some wooden whistles he had sourced from Java to the birds but these proved too ...
The black-capped chickadee is the state bird of Massachusetts. This list of birds of Massachusetts includes species documented in the U.S. state of Massachusetts and accepted by the Massachusetts Avian Records Committee (MARC). As of July 2023, there are 516 species included in the official list. Of them, 194 are on the review list (see below), six have been introduced to North America, three ...
Dowler also made button whistles: escargot-type whistle with metal buttons or coins at the sides of the barrel. Though Dowler is mostly known such models, rare models attributed to him include the Hiat Registered Design of 1894: a combination of an escargot whistle with button sides and a beaufort with mouthpiece, sometimes referred to as Crest ...
Their Tornado 2000 whistle is capable of easily reaching 122 decibels. J Hudson & Co was founded in the 1870s in Birmingham by Joseph Hudson (1848–1930) and his brother James Hudson (1850–1889). The company became a manufacturer of whistles and continues as Acme Whistles. Acme is the world's largest and most famous producer of whistles.
The three Western European Columba pigeons, common wood pigeon, stock dove and rock dove, though superficially alike, have very distinctive characteristics; the common wood pigeon may be identified at once by its larger size at 38–44.5 cm (15– 17 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) and weight 300–615 g (10 + 5 ⁄ 8 – 21 + 3 ⁄ 4 oz), and the white on its ...
NA, MA, SA: southern USA into Brazil: 125: Plain-breasted ground dove: Columbina minuta (Linnaeus, 1766) MA, SA: southern Central America and northern South America 126: Ecuadorian ground dove: Columbina buckleyi (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1877) SA: western Ecuador and northwestern Peru: 127: Ruddy ground dove: Columbina talpacoti (Temminck, 1810 ...
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has a total of 192 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) within its borders. This is the second highest statewide total in the United States after New York, which has more than 250. Of the Massachusetts NHLs, 57 are in the state capital of Boston, and are listed separately. Ten of the remaining 134 designations ...