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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1963)
THURSDAY. JANUARY 17. 19S3 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON 9 R Captive Ouiil Together in in Unlocked, Open-Door Prlion The wide open door of the long, shed-like building muit have offered a challenge of corts to a lone, female quail that entered the opening. The owner of the barn was nearby and watched the bird tep into the open door; he stood for a minute, then flew into the Interior. ' The man forgot the incident until the next day when he noticed the quail was evident ly trying to get out, but in listed on flying back and forth in the upper part of the tructure. In spite of the wide open door the bird steadfastly refused to descend down to the level of the opening. The next day, and the day after that, the man again no ticed the quail still moving tthnut in the uoner rafters anri boards; she was a prisoner in an unlocked prison. Afraid the bird would starve to death or kill herself flying Into a brace or some other obstruc tion, the man climbed up Into the upper part of the shed, downward far enough for her to see and fly out the wide open door. Waved and Yallad' The man waved his arms ni vi1!pH; (h minil flew Ahead, behind and hMiHe him. but never did it descend low enough to go out the way it came in. This, the man rea soned, was contrary to bird behavior; it would seem log ical that the bird would fly to ward the light, even if the point of greatest brightness was below its line of regular flight. It was not just an ordinary door either, it was more than a double door, plenty wide enough to accommodate a large truck or pieces of tall farm machinery. But the bird contradicted the "light-alien-tion-principle" by refusing to fly lower than the top of the peaked roof of the shed. Tired out and unsuccessful In ejecting the quail, the man descended to the shed-floor and, leaving the door open as usual, went into his house, lor his belated, evening meal. Heard a Quail Several davs nassnri. rim-ino which time the family heard a quail calling from the mea dow back of the house, and later the calls seemed to come from the back yard. The call seemed rather sad and lonely, as if the caller was very dis couraged by receiving no ans wer, and without seeing the absent one come sneaking through the grass and weeds to his persistent invitation On two evenings the family watched a lone quail walking in the farmyard, stopping fre quently to call. The other quail, the man found, was Hill living in the shed and ap parently finding enough food to live on while there, but never once did he find her on the shed floor. The man was watching the afternoon when the lone quail that had 'haunted the farm yard so many days finally dis covered where his little wife was keeping herself. On that day, the male entered the open door; stood there for a while, then flew inside and Joined his mate. Evidently he figured "if she won't come to me I'll go In and be a prisoner with her." For better or worse, In freedom or captiv ity, he was willing to be a captive with her in an un locked, opendoor prison. Three More Escape From East Germany Berlin - Urn - Three East Germans evaded Communist border guards and escaped sfcly through barbed wire to West Berlin before dawn to day, West Berlin police re ported. The refugees were not Iden tified. Another unidentified young man, believed to be a West Berliner, was arrested for un determined reasons Wednes day night by Red guards at a border-crossing point In the U.S. sector and led off Into Communist East Berlin. STEAKS MORE MEAT FOR YOUR MONEY AT THUNDERB1RD! FRANKS & KRAUT ALWAYS A WINNING COMBO! SKINLESS FRANKS Morrell's plump juicy and tender. 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