Winning the crow’s trust and breaking the barrier of a technology-spooked...
During one my visits to my uncle’s house, I saw a number of crows on an electric wire at 6:30 am. There must have been at least 25 crows waiting for something. When they saw my uncle, all of them...
View ArticleAmbulance service for pigeons launched in Aberdeen
Partners Kevin Newell, 35, and Flo Blackbourn, 21, run Wiggy & Friends Animal Rescue and are embarking on a mission to help the Aberdeen’s injured doos. They are asking people to help them map the...
View ArticleMore than 20 pigeons die in Hartlepool allotment fire
The blaze broke out at a site off King Oswy Drive in the town shortly after 2pm. Crews from Stranton station rushed to the scene, where they put out the fire a short time after. A total 24 pigeons died...
View ArticleDarlington schoolgirl, 7, saves podgy pigeon
A PODGY pigeon will be flying high again thanks to a little girl’s rescue mission – and a much needed pedicure. When seven-year-old Daisy first met Pat the Pigeon she thought the bedraggled bird had...
View Article“Pilgrims of the Air: The Passing of the Passenger Pigeons”
John Wilson Foster’s Pilgrims of the Air starts in the realm of magical realism and ends in horror. From miles of passenger pigeons blocking out the sun, to vast massacres of the bird and...
View ArticleBird love
Every day, at sun rise, A. Prasanna heads to the terrace to feed a flock of pigeons. He scatters millets from a bowl, held in his left hand. “Every week, I spend nearly 50 kilos of millets for feeding...
View ArticleInjured pigeons ‘ambulance service’ takes off in Aberdeen
A voluntary ambulance service for pigeons has taken off in Aberdeen. Kevin Newell and Flo Blackbourn run Wiggy and Friends Animal Rescue and go to the aid of injured pigeons across the city. They are...
View ArticleMaintenance work at Wrexham’s King Street station to cause disruption to bus...
Maintenance work will cause disruption for bus station users. Wrexham Council is undertaking improvements at the town’s bus station in King Street over the weekend. Workers will be putting up some...
View ArticleAmarillo hosts pigeon enthusiasts from across the globe
The parents of Amarillo hobbyist Charles Hanna’s winning Hessian Pouter pigeons originated in Germany, but the birds bred in Amarillo are now national breed champions. Hannah’s pigeons are among 4,589...
View ArticleExeter war hero pigeon Mary to get blue plaque
Mary was part of the National Pigeon Service and was seriously injured three times by enemy falcons and gunfire. She would deliver messages to the pigeon loft of her owner Cecil “Charlie” Brewer, which...
View ArticleRehabilitating injured wildlife is “bittersweet” for Waterloo woman
WATERLOO — Joy Huggins and her daughter were walking through a park when they discovered a baby squirrel with a broken leg. Huggins packed up the tiny critter and took it to a wildlife rehabilitator....
View ArticleThe joy of the unexpected photograph
“I love photography,” says Franca Marazia. “It is my great escape.” She focuses on the world she knows best. “I photograph everyday objects, daily life activities, the environment that surrounds us,...
View ArticleThe joy of pigeon racing
WHEN he is not being kept busy in an active political schedule, Raymond Schenk spends a lot of his free time with his hobby of many years – pigeon racing. A well-known local personality, Schenk is the...
View ArticleSyrian soldier spends his downtime breeding pigeons in Aleppo
A Syrian soldier serving in Aleppo has an unusual way of spending his downtime – breeding pigeons on the rooftop of a partially-destroyed building. Bassil, who asked to be identified by his first name...
View ArticleGood week pigeons rescued by Aberdeen’s Wiggy & Friends Animal Rescue … bad...
It’s been a good week for … birds An ambulance service for pigeons has been launched in Aberdeen. Kevin Newell and Flo Blackbourn run Wiggy & Friends Animal Rescue and are on a mission to help the...
View ArticlePropaganda posters underscore inter-Korean cooperation
North Korea has released posters that promote inter-Korean cooperation, in the lead-up to its participation in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. Pyongyang’s move comes amid speculations that it is...
View ArticleOut of Our Past: Newspaper reported on stolen whiskey, passenger pigeons
Local January 1892 news included an irreverent reverend, passenger pigeon innovations, and a mix-up between Paris, France, and New Paris… in Ohio. RAILWAY WOES: About all it takes to bring the trains...
View ArticleCourier pigeon that delivered top secret messages during WWII honoured
The special pigeon that delivered top secret messages during the Second World War was bestowed a mark of recognition usually reserved for people and places that have significantly shaped Britain’s...
View ArticleHistorical clock towers of Hyderabad to tick again
Hyderabad: Having remained stuck in a time warp for long, the hands of four clocks located on towers in the city will start ticking soon with the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) working...
View ArticlePigeon show held in city
Jalandhar, January21 The Sher-E-Punjab Maharaj Ranjit Singh Club and the breed Show Club organised the 54th annual pigeon breed show in the city today.The show was open to all pigeon owners. Around 100...
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