A happy story about the beauty of nature.
Oct. 5th, 2005 04:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselkingA tiny American songbird survived against all the odds after it was blown thousands of miles off course across the Atlantic. Birdwatchers on the Shetlands were delighted when they found the rare veery - a type of small thrush - exhausted but safe after its epic journey.
Twitchers managed to trap the yellow bird at Northdale, Unst, and ring one of its legs for future identification.
But, within hours, the veery was pounced on and killed by a local cat.
Twitchers managed to trap the yellow bird at Northdale, Unst, and ring one of its legs for future identification.
But, within hours, the veery was pounced on and killed by a local cat.
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