Wednesday, August 9, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
FIRE: Ban on campfires
set to take effect in
national forest
PIGEON: Birds can
grow attached to
people and place
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tree on fire at the residence.
Homeowner Kay Temple was
evacuated and the fire was
quickly knocked down and
kept to around one-third acre.
Sisters-Camp Sherman
Fire District responded with
11 firefighters and eight emer-
gency vehicles. Additional
units from Cloverdale and
Black Butte Ranch fire dis-
tricts brought an additional
four firefighters. Crews
from Oregon Department
of Forestry and USFS also
assisted at the scene.
The cause of the fire is
under investigation.
Conditions remain ripe for
fire across Sisters Country,
and with thousands of visitors
to the area expected during
the solar eclipse on Monday,
August 21, everyone in the
area is advised to be excep-
tionally vigilant.
Do not smoke in areas
where there is combustible
material at hand, and avoid
parking in any area with high
grass or brush — heat from
vehicle engines or exhaust
can start fires.
S t a r t i n g We d n e s d a y,
August 9, there is a ban in
place on all open fires any-
where in the Deschutes
National Forest.
band with that white number
15 attached to one leg.
It doesn’t, however have
the familiar black banding
on the sides and wings of a
racing pigeon — though even
some of those possess differ-
ent plumages.
OK, they reasoned, a
banded bird means some-
one owns it. The American
Racing Pigeon Union, how-
ever, does not use a solid
black band, their bands are
burnished metal and have a
prefix “AU” on them.
The highest authority gov-
erning the use of a band on
birds is the USGS Banding
Lab in Patuxent, Maryland.
When contacted, they said
the solid black band is
unknown to them, and as far
as they’re concerned, is being
used inappropriately even on
a domestic bird.
So, where did it come
from? Who owns the bird?
What was it doing running
around with a flock of wild
rock doves? Or was it? Did
it just join them for that swift
dash in Whychus Canyon
and then suddenly recognize
something familiar about
Ann and Clyde’s house and
think of it as home?
It must like something
about the layout, as it has
adopted Ann and Clyde’s
place, and they in return have
adopted the pigeon by pro-
viding a safe place for it to
shelter and keeping it in food
and fresh water. But they
worry that someone may be
missing it.
This is not an unfamiliar
scenario. Throughout the year
several domestic pigeons,
lost or otherwise confused,
have descend on the populace
of Sisters Country. The ones
wearing a regulation band are
usually returned to their own-
ers and all ends well.
It’s not uncommon to
see a small truck-load of
pigeons in cages going
through Sisters. They are rac-
ing homers heading off into
the unknown, where they’re
released.
The racing association
tells members, “Remember,
these birds are very differ-
ent, in nearly every way,
from anything you have
ever thought of when you
thought, ‘pigeon.’ The regis-
tered Homing Pigeon — the
athlete — will be a source of
great enjoyment…”
They may get lost on
occasion.
The best place to begin
a search for the owner or
role of a banded pigeon that
drops in on you is to Google
“lost pigeon,” which will get
you to the American Racing
Pigeon Union. Nine times out
of 10 that will provide you
with the name and contact
if the pigeon is wearing the
proper band.
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PHOTO BY JIM ANDERSON
Unknown homing pigeon — or whatever — that just wandered into Sisters
Country, wearing a band that no one knows anything about.
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