When I was a kid I raised racing pigeons. I was told to whistle to them as they were fed to create a Pavlovian response so they would associate whistling with food. Then, when they were out for their daily exercise and you wanted them to fly back into the coop you would just start whistling. If you are trying to capture and feed it so that you can read his band, you may try that in case its owner did that as well.
They are a noble bird that show a remarkable desire to return home. I had one that returned several months after his race. It turns out he had broken his wing and it had to heal before he could complete the flight home.
You say it has bands (plural) on its leg. If that is the case, one of them is probably metal (and is his permanent ID) and the other is an elastic band that is removable. The elastic band indicates that he was part of a race and is his race ID.
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