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It’s a rare thing for Bird of the Week to focus on an individual bird, but this week I want to tell you the story of Cher Ami. Cher Ami was a Homing Pigeon (Columba livia domestica), born in April 1918. She was raised specifically to deliver messages during the First World War. In OctoberContinue reading “Bird 111 – Cher Ami”