STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Homing pigeons -- those birds with the remarkable ability to find their way home over vast distances -- have fascinated city-dwellers for over half-a-century. Decades ago, the ...
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Torrington Pigeon Racing Club keeps the sport alive. How they breed, train and race homing pigeons
BRISTOL — On a warm breezy May afternoon, Cass Witkowski, lifted an 8-day-old homing pigeon from its nest in Shamrock Loft — the name he has given his backyard coop behind his Bristol home — and ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Flying down U.S. 85 in his Dodge Magnum station wagon Saturday, Clint Vider carried a trunk full of birds, Bugzy the miniature schnauzer napping in a dog bed ...
KERSEY, Colo. (AP) — Flying down U.S. 85 in his Dodge Magnum station wagon, Clint Vider carried a trunk full of birds, Bugzy the miniature schnauzer napping in a dog bed on the center console and a ...
Cover -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: John Silver -- Preface -- Chapter 1. The First Feathered Recruits -- Chapter 2. Pigeons for Sea Duty -- Chapter 3. Put to the Test -- Chapter 4. Into the Breach - ...
Today, if you want to send a message to a distant location, you’ll probably send an e-mail or a text message. But it hasn’t always been that easy. Military commanders, in particular, have always ...
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