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tchapman 03-11-2015 09:47 AM
Found carrier pigeon, help
 
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I don't know how to help this beautiful bird, he has been in my back yard for the 3rd day now! Has two yellow bands on his legs, concerns me why he hasn't flown away! What do I do? I live in Santo Domingo by Augustine Dr.

Email at acdc0110@gmail.com or call me at 352-409-0082 if you can help this critter!

Thank You!:pray:

Toni

Moderator 03-11-2015 10:19 AM
I tried to contact a friend who has raced pigeons, but he won't be home until tonight. I gave his wife your number and he'll call you. Thanks for your concern.

Bonanza 03-12-2015 02:10 AM
I would call a local vet and the Humane Society to ask about what the two bands are, especially if the bird has no food or water, and explain its behavior.
I don't know of one, but there must be a vet or organization who is familiar with birds.

What does this pigeon do if you try to approach?

graciegirl 03-12-2015 05:02 AM
Popcorn and peas...they will eat.
 
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CFrance 03-12-2015 07:22 AM
Dr. Valdez at Park Heights Animal Hospital (352) 326-9116 (Fruitland Park, 441 across from Bill Bryan Dodge) is an avian vet.

samhass 03-12-2015 01:20 PM
I found an exhausted racing pigeon. I simply read the band on his leg and found his owner online. You can trace them through various pigeon organizations.

kittygilchrist 03-12-2015 01:46 PM
Guy from pigeon club says feed and water and hopefully it will regain strength. There are pigeon races going on this time year and owners pefer not to self identify so do not advertise lost birds.

Warren Kiefer 03-12-2015 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by tchapman (Post 1026896)
I don't know how to help this beautiful bird, he has been in my back yard for the 3rd day now! Has two yellow bands on his legs, concerns me why he hasn't flown away! What do I do? I live in Santo Domingo by Augustine Dr.

Email at acdc0110@gmail.com or call me at 352-409-0082 if you can help this critter!

Thank You!:pray:

Toni
You have quite a find there !!!! Carrier Pigeons have been extinct for around 75 years. Don't let him get away he might be the last one !!!!

TheVillageChicken 03-12-2015 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Warren Kiefer (Post 1027573)
You have quite a find there !!!! Carrier Pigeons have been extinct for around 75 years. Don't let him get away he might be the last one !!!!
Baloney

wudda1955 03-12-2015 04:56 PM
How about that? I learned something new today! Passenger pigeons are extinct (Since 1914). Carrier pigeons are a different type of bird and are not extinct.

Warren Kiefer 03-13-2015 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by wudda1955 (Post 1027605)
how about that? I learned something new today! passenger pigeons are extinct (since 1914). Carrier pigeons are a different type of bird and are not extinct.
by george, i think you are right. We call this breed, homing pigeons.

rubicon 03-13-2015 03:34 PM
yea but they taste like chicken

Warren Kiefer 03-13-2015 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by TheVillageChicken (Post 1027581)
Baloney
I love mature conversations. I will admit, passenger pigeons are extinct. smoked ham !!

rubicon 03-13-2015 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Warren Kiefer (Post 1028038)
I love mature conversations. I will admit, passenger pigeons are extinct. smoked ham !!
Warren I read an article that explained carrier pigeons were once so plentiful that they blackened the sky. but then hunters killing them by the hundreds daily caused them to disappear and th last one died in 1919 (as I recollect). Experts wanted to see if they could clone the last one. so what this resident has in his/her back yard is not the same carrier pigeons described in this article or is it?. At least that is what I gathered from this article and I read it more than once because I was so fascinated by he fact that the carrier pigeon population was so vast at one time. Perhaps an avian expert could chime in here


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