Pigeon Talk

[Pyxis]

These are ridiculous and of course I want them.

 

[cavemanrich]

These are ridiculous and of course I want them.

You would have to be doing this daily ( on those pigeons of course)

 

[CCUK]

Still none returned. If it was just one than I could accept that maybe a hawk got it but five at once from a loft flight. #67 & #68 are my two paired males, they are strong fliers and I've been doing tosses with them. They should know the area better than the rest. #65 is a paired female who was sitting on eggs (plastic). These three are from last year and gave all been flying regularly. #41 & #42 are still young but have still been flying for some weeks now.
This is one of the pitfalls of only having a small loft and no avairy, I don't want to keep them confined. It's still early days so I will leave the trap open and hope for the best. If they turn up somewhere else they are all banded with two rings.

 

[cavemanrich]

Just seen your post
Somehow I feel confident they will return.
Lets see, its about 7:30 by you now,,
I think by noon some may be coming, even if its one at a time

 

[CCUK]

Just seen your post
Somehow I feel confident they will return.
Lets see, its about 7:30 by you now,,
I think by noon some may be coming, even if its one at a time

I sure hope so. I'm turning my pigeon magnet on full strength!

 

[Hokum Coco]

Still none returned.

Pigeons usually return first thing in the morning.
They almost always find their way home in 3 days once hunger takes it's toll.
That being said I can recall on particular case one of my white homers was gone for months. Then what I thought was a feral pigeon in my loft on closer inspection reading the information on the band turned out to be my lost homer.
It was covered and soot and some one had obviously cared for it until it was able to return.

 

[CCUK]

And it gets worse. I just found the little bird that was too small to fly properly, dead, underneath a bush in my garden . And it's now raining.

 

[CCUK]

They usually return first thing in the morning. They almost always find their way home in 3 days once hunger takes it toll.
That being said I can recall on particular case one of my white homers was gone for months. Then what I thought was a feral pigeon in my loft on closer inspection turned out to be my lost homer.
It was covered and soot and some one had obviously cared for it until it was able to return.

I remember you saying. Didn't it have the band removed?

 

[Hokum Coco]

Didn't it have the band removed?

I remember the post you are referring to. However that was yet another incident. The band had my last name and phone# on it and was deliberately removed. The white homer was a lone dove released at a funeral about 60 miles away. It was a wet day to begin with that latter turned into a down pour. I thought he would return the following day. It to was gone for months until it some how made it's escape.
It was well cared for where ever it was.

 

[backyard pigeons]

These are ridiculous and of course I want them.

aren't those the strangest? sometimes they will have a little bald patch on their head.

Still none returned. If it was just one than I could accept that maybe a hawk got it but five at once from a loft flight. #67 & #68 are my two paired males, they are strong fliers and I've been doing tosses with them. They should know the area better than the rest. #65 is a paired female who was sitting on eggs (plastic). These three are from last year and gave all been flying regularly. #41 & #42 are still young but have still been flying for some weeks now.
This is one of the pitfalls of only having a small loft and no avairy, I don't want to keep them confined. It's still early days so I will leave the trap open and hope for the best. If they turn up somewhere else they are all banded with two rings.

I'm so sorry. I'm sure some will turn up. I know how you feel. I once was regularly loft flying when out of the blue, all my birds didn't return (it was only 3birds I was flying)... I ended up getting 2back the next day in the afternoon. I also once lost a bird, but then it returned 8 days later. Keep us posted.

And it gets worse. I just found the little bird that was too small to fly properly, dead, underneath a bush in my garden . And it's now raining.

I'm sorry. Just remember none of these incidents are your fault. Have you seen the other chick?