A pigeon with a small camera attached. Neubronner used the trained birds to capture aerial images before and during the war. PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY DEUTSCHES BUNDESARCHIV

A post on the New Yorker‘s website adds one more drop in the ocean of appreciation we have for birds:

The Origins of Aerial Photography

BY JACKSON KRULE

…In 1908, Julius Neubronner, who had used carrier pigeons in his work as an apothecary, filed a patent for a miniature camera that could be worn by a pigeon and would be activated by a timing mechanism. Continue reading →