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Novel: An unwanted flight a story of two migratory fowls Ch # 3  What will be the route & speed towards China? Siberian Crane also followed Houbara hurriedly. The day was bright and chilly with the usual hustle bustle in Siberian market. The world’s deepest freshwater Lake Baikal was flowing calm and almost empty with its crystal clear blue water. They were late.   ‘The flocks of Siberian crane and houbara have left by dusk. You know birds mostly start at night to avoid predators and human activities,’ uncle goose informed them. ‘You can wait for day or two to join the next flocks,’ he was as calm as that shrill water in lake. ‘I thought they would wait for me,’ Siberian crane seemed anxious for his mother and sister crane. WHY DO BIRDS FLY IN FLOCKS? ‘Birds need to fly in groups at long distances to avoid air resistance, predators and hunters in the way, they waited for you but a big group of Siberian cranes was leaving so they left for it,’ un...