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Last Update:                                                            510.89 Movement:0.78% Currebt Update: v                                                   514.87 YTD Movement: 74.94%The Lucas Stock Index (LSI) rose 0.78 percent during the fourth period of trading in December 2018. 

Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) hunting the mudflats at Ogle, East Coast Demerara (IPhoto by Kester Clarke www.kesterclarke.net)

Whimbrel

The Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) is a migratory bird, wintering on coasts in Africa, South America, south Asia into Australasia and southern North America.

The birth that re-started history

So many Christmas poems from which to choose. E.U. Fanthrope’s lines:   “And this was the moment When a few farm workers and three Members of an obscure Persian sect   Walked haphazard by starlight straight Into the kingdom of heaven.”

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