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Bird Accident

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Material Type
Photograph
Date Range
Oct. 4, 1971
Description Level
Item
Accession No.
1991107618800
Physical Description
Black and white negative
Scope and Content
A Sharp-Tailed Grouse smashed through the storm window in the front of Ted Swihart’s house in Fort Macleod, breaking a pane in the picture window. Some glass cut the bird’s throat, killing it. There had been many reports of sparrows and robins flying into the side of houses but this was the first f…
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Material Type
Photograph
Date Range
Oct. 4, 1971
Description Level
Item
Creator
The Lethbridge Herald
Physical Description
Black and white negative
Physical Condition
Excellent
Scope and Content
A Sharp-Tailed Grouse smashed through the storm window in the front of Ted Swihart’s house in Fort Macleod, breaking a pane in the picture window. Some glass cut the bird’s throat, killing it. There had been many reports of sparrows and robins flying into the side of houses but this was the first for a game bird in town. A small flock of the game birds was sighted on the outskirt of the town earlier in the day.
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1991107618800
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