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Jan 2017
23m 19s

Ep. 5 Birds: Moon Migration, Cher Ami, C...

Mick Sullivan
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In honor of National Bird Day, this episode features some great bird stories from history. Victoria Reibel reads the story of Charles Morton, a man who tried to explain the mystery of bird migration with an otherworldly hypothesis. Jason Lawrence reads the tale of Cher Ami, one of the bravest little birds the world has ever known. Mick Sullivan performs the ... Show More
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