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Changing times

There were no binoculars or bird books, let alone computers or satellites. They didn’t even have accurate maps of the world to work out where the birds might be going. And isn’t the real truth – that tiny birds fly thousands of miles from one continent to another – even more unbelievable?

Last modified: 11 January 2005