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Military carrier pigeon message turns up 110 years after it was sent
A message lost by a carrier pigeon has been found some 110 years after it was sent. Found in a field in mid-September by a couple out hiking in Ingersheim, northeastern France, the message was sent...
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Birds and their droppings can carry over 60 diseases
When it comes to birds, there may be more than just avian flu to be worried about. It has been suggested that there are over 60 other diseases that birds and their droppings can carry. The problem is...
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About Pigeons
Some folks consider them an endearing part of urban life, others see them as an aggravation, but everyone recognizes this familiar wild neighbor. Pigeons may have been the first bird species to be...
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Feral Pigeon Biology and Control Information
Most of the pigeons you see around a city, building, bridge, billboard or other structure, are pigeons that were born and raised close by. A few may be “vagrants” and constantly on the move, but most...
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Reporter can’t keep a straight face talking about pigeon arrested in India...
Breakfast reporter Wilson Longhurst tried his best to report the unusual story of a pigeon arrested in India on suspicion of spying, but he couldn’t quite hold it together today. The Times of India...
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Victoria resident catches, cleans pigeon feet to help fight stringfoot
Hair, string tangled around birds’ feet can cut off circulation to toes and whole feet Pigeons with injured feet or missing toes are a common sight in downtown Victoria, says one resident who’s taken...
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Pigeon poop proves a problem. Police involved
There’s been a few charges laid around town but there is one individual who is causing more headaches than normal The pigeon problem in Kirkland Lake is so bad, police felt the need to issue a news...
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Tonnes of pigeon poo from quake-hit church going to landfill
A thick layer of bird droppings that have built up over the last decade from pigeons living in the broken Christ Church Cathedral will end up in landfill instead of being recycled into fertiliser. Up...
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Pigeon poops on lawmaker discussing pigeon poop problem
CHICAGO – A pigeon apparently didn’t think much of a lawmaker’s ideas to address a messy situation at a Chicago Transit Authority stop known by some as “pigeon poop station.” WBBM-TV reports that one...
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Tweeting Pigeons Now Reporting Pollution Levels Across London
Last September, as part of Twitter’s #PoweredByTweets exhibition at Somerset House in the UK, a proposal called ‘Pigeon Patrol’ was presented. The idea was this: armed with pollution monitors in tiny...
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Why the Passenger Pigeon Went Extinct
“Men still live who, in their youth, remember pigeons; trees still live who, in their youth, were shaken by a living wind. But a few decades hence only the oldest oaks will remember, and at long last...
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Why Are There So Many Pigeons?
They peck at the pavement; they coo overhead; they swoop in hundreds across town squares: Pigeons have become such a permanent fixture in our urban landscapes that cities would seem oddly vacant...
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Homing pigeons reveal true magnetism
Iron crystals in their beaks give birds a nose for north. It’s official: homing pigeons really can sense Earth’s magnetic field. An investigation of their ability to detect different magnetic fields...
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Pigeon fancier facts
Belgium is regarded as the home of pigeon racing, with approximately 60,000 pigeon fanciers in a population of 10 million. In a standard race, as many as 5,000 tagged pigeons are transported to a...
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Pigeon Control: How To Get Rid Of Pigeons
Getting rid of pigeons on your own isn’t easy. These pest birds have an inbred homing instinct that makes them feel attached to their established roosting and nesting sites. Plus, mating pairs can...
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Passenger Pigeon Facts | Anatomy, Diet, Habitat, Behavior
The passenger pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) is an extinct pigeon that was once widespread throughout North America. It was possibly the world’s most abundant bird in those times with the total...
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Getting inside the mind of a pigeon
If you could ask any animal ‘A penny for your thoughts’, which would you choose? When the question occurred to Fumihiro Kano from Kyoto University, Japan, he decided to focus on the great apes. ‘Eye...
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Why do pigeons bob their heads when they walk?
Most evidence suggests that the head bobbing serves a visual function. Chickens bob their heads while walking. So do cranes, magpies and quails. In fact, head bobbing is a unique feature in birds and...
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Odors as navigational cues for pigeons
Odors are known to be essential for navigation during homeward orientation and migration of some bird species. Yet little was known about their chemical composition. An international team has now...
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Pigeons never forget a face
New research has shown that feral, untrained pigeons can recognise individual people and are not fooled by a change of clothes. Researchers, who presented their work at the Society for Experimental...
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