As regular CFZ-watchers will know, for some time Corinna has been doing a column for Animals & Men and a regular segment on On The Track... particularly about out-of-place birds and rare vagrants. There seem to be more and more bird stories from all over the world hitting the news these days so, to make room for them all - and to give them all equal and worthy coverage - she has set up this new blog to cover all things feathery and Fortean.

Thursday, 30 May 2019

Suspected electronic device found on bird's body



IANS  |  Hajipur Last Updated at May 3, 2019 17:30 IST
The Bihar police have recovered an electronic device from the body of a dead bird that usually could not be spotted in the local area.
"Local birds had killed a bird on Thursday that is of different species and could not be seen in local region. The villagers spotted the bird and found a chip in his body and a brass tag was also tied on its feet," said Uday Shankar, SHO, Mahnar police station in Vaishali district.
"The police have handed over the body of the bird to the forest department and is probing the matter," he said on Friday.
He said that some times scientists place electronic devices on birds and animals to collect more authentic information about them.
The device is being checked, he said.
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