Officials in Nepal and India are alleging birds migrating from Siberia are responsible for cases of bird flu in domestic fowl.
The pink bird was 5,330 kilometres off course when it landed in subzero Krasnoyarsk region.
Two young birds saved after taking a seriously wrong turn during migration.
Lost bird ‘froze in the air’ and crash landed in front of a car in Kemerovo region.
Compass failure: aiming for the Caspian Sea, the elegant birds arrive instead on the Tom River in Kemerovo region, and in the Altai Mountains.
'Global warming' behind major change in arrivals from Omsk to Pacific.
Winter show time as birds flock to unique ice-free Altai waters.
In case of any doubts, we mean the twitching variety, which are now back to Siberia, resting before their next extraordinary journey.
Stranded on Teletskoye Lake in the Altai Mountains, bird's only hope of survival is to be caught and put in a zoo.