Waikato pigeon fancier Ray Hooker’s interest in his grandmother’s and father’s pigeons, budgies, canaries and cockatiels ended up with him being given the responsibility for them at 11 years old. “My ...

Waikato pigeon fancier Ray Hooker’s interest in his grandmother’s and father’s pigeons, budgies, canaries and cockatiels ended up with him being given the responsibility for them at 11 years old.

This grandson of an earlier military pigeon breeder has raised many of this generation ... as to why the pigeons have such an extraordinary homing ability. It has been shown that pigeons orient ...

Pigeon fanciers from around the world have flocked to Blackpool Pigeon fanciers from around the world have flocked to a seaside town for their annual show. The British Homing World Show was held ...

Homing pigeons – a type of domestic pigeon descended from the rock pigeon – are extremely effective messengers because of their innate homing abilities, enabling them to return to their nest ...

And there are over 800 breeds of pigeon ... And right up until the invention of the telegraph, in 1844, homing pigeons remained the fastest way to send messages across long distances.

Finnerty belongs to a small but devoted group of hobbyists who breed, raise and race homing pigeons in their backyards across Northeast Ohio. They train the birds to harness their mysterious ...