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On April 1st in 1890<\/strong> Franklin Pember collected the wishbone of a Ferruginous Hawk in Riverside, California. He attached a handwritten tag describing his find and on the back wrote \u201ccollected by F.T. Pember.\u201d He collected a specimen just a few days earlier on March 27 and perhaps this is from where came the wishbone. Additionally, we found in our collection six other wishbones and one mysterious bone. None of them were tagged like the hawk. If you know which birds belong to these bones or even our mysterious bone, please contact the museum educator.<\/p>\n

Per Wikipedia \u2013 The furcula (\u201clittle fork\u201d in Latin) or wishbone is a forked bone found in birds and some dinosaurs, and is formed by the fusion of the two clavicles. In birds, its primary function is in the strengthening of the thoracic skeleton to withstand the rigors of flight. (See diagram)<\/p>\n

Ever wonder where the breaking of the wishbone comes from? Matthias Caryofilles researched and wrote an article for the Pember. (Added here as photos)<\/p>\n

It\u2019s 1890, what would be Pember\u2019s wish if he broke a wishbone with Ellen Pember?<\/p>\n

We would love to hear your thoughts.<\/p>\n

\"Ferruginous <\/a>
Ferruginous Hawk <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Ferruginous <\/a>
Ferruginous hawk wishbone 4-1-1890 <\/div> <\/div>
\"Wishbone <\/a>
Wishbone 1 <\/div> <\/div>
\"Wishbone <\/a>
Wishbone 2 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Unknown <\/a>
Unknown 3 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Wishbone <\/a>
Wishbone 4 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Wishbone <\/a>
Wishbone 5 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Wishbone <\/a>
Wishbone 6 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Wish\" <\/a>
Wish <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"The <\/a>
The Myth behind the Wishbone pg1 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"The <\/a>
The Myth behind the Wishbone pg2 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On April 1st in 1890 Franklin Pember collected the wishbone of a Ferruginous Hawk in Riverside, California. He attached a handwritten tag describing his find and on the back wrote \u201ccollected by F.T. Pember.\u201d He collected a specimen just a …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":354,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2424","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PaqQSS-D6","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepember.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepember.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepember.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepember.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepember.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2424"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thepember.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2446,"href":"https:\/\/thepember.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2424\/revisions\/2446"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepember.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepember.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}