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have been banded in the nest just before they fledge. Consequently much information is available concerning their longevity. The average is five to six years. In Charlotte, N.C., a male Bluebird was handraised after a cat had killed both parents. Tommy — for that was his name — lived for eight years. During this time he mated with a wild female and came to his foster mother, Elizabeth Clarkson, for meal worms to feed his young. Every night he returned to the house in which he had been raised and roosted on the back of a chair.
The above are non-migratory or fly only short distances from nesting ground to winter feeding habitats. What about birds that make a long perilous, over-water trip to the
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