OTTAWA (AFP) – A plucky pigeon that flew across the Pacific Ocean from Japan will be bred by a bird lover in Canada hoping its progeny will be top long distance racers, an animal rescue official said ...

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Patrick "Pat" Legor remembers growing up in the Main South area of Worcester 70 years ago, when pigeon racing was a popular sport and about a dozen homing pigeon clubs thrived throughout the city. But ...

Peter, a Spanish racing pigeon found on Sable Island, N.S., in late March, is seen being handled by a Parks Canada employee in an undated handout photo. The messenger pigeon, who was found about 5,000 ...

Here is some historic and biological information about the species gleaned from Project Pigeon Watch, the work of the Cornell (University) Laboratory of Ornithology in Ithaca, New York Million of ...

Some play golf. Some plant potatoes. Some collect old tractors. And then there’s Chuck Stensrud of rural Janesville. He flies racing pigeons. Stensrud and his special birds literally travel middle ...

ANTIOCH — Fred Belus casts his gaze skyward at a flock of racing pigeons circling above his backyard. Fit and sleek, they circle a few times before a distinct whistle from Belus brings his flock back ...

A Spanish pigeon keeper is surprised and relieved that a bird that went missing during a race in the Mediterranean has landed in Nova Scotia rather than being devoured by a hawk. On Feb. 22, David ...