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Ringed Pigeon

  • 16-10-2013 11:28am
    #1
    secretagent
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    Hi hope someone can help, a friend of mine has a Pigeon that has rings on its legs, red and green I think. They're on the outskirts North of Cork City. The pigeon is in the same spot with a couple of weeks. Just wondering if there were still Pigeon Fanciers in the Cork area that would know anything about lost pigeons.


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  • #2
    ThunderCat
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    secretagent wrote: »
    Hi hope someone can help, a friend of mine has a Pigeon that has rings on its legs, red and green I think. They're on the outskirts North of Cork City. The pigeon is in the same spot with a couple of weeks. Just wondering if there were still Pigeon Fanciers in the Cork area that would know anything about lost pigeons.


    Im no expert but to be honest you might be better off leaving the Pigeon to it. To the racing pigeon owner, the pigeon is worthless as it has proven unable to return home after a few weeks and it might be euthanised if it ever was returned to its owner. So if it has been frequenting your mates garden for the last few weeks, its obviously been able to feed itself for the last few weeks too and might have already started bonding with the local feral population. Leave it to it I say. Have I got the right end of the stick here or is it your mate that has lost the pigeon? Can't tell for certain from your post.


  • #3
    secretagent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭secretagent


    ThunderCat wrote: »
    Im no expert but to be honest you might be better off leaving the Pigeon to it. To the racing pigeon owner, the pigeon is worthless as it has proven unable to return home after a few weeks and it might be euthanised if it ever was returned to its owner. So if it has been frequenting your mates garden for the last few weeks, its obviously been able to feed itself for the last few weeks too and might have already started bonding with the local feral population. Leave it to it I say. Have I got the right end of the stick here or is it your mate that. has lost the pigeon? Can't tell for certain from your post.
    No the Pigeon appeared a couple of weeks ago in their yard. Noticed it was ringed. Seems to be staying in the same spot on their own, so as you say will leave it there. Doing no harm. Thanks again.


  • #4
    ThunderCat
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    secretagent wrote: »
    No the Pigeon appeared a couple of weeks ago in their yard. Noticed it was ringed. Seems to be staying in the same spot on their own, so as you say will leave it there. Doing no harm. Thanks again.


    Yea i'd leave it to it in that case. I presume it's able to fly and just visits their yard yea? Also seeing as it's still alive then it's obviously getting food from somewhere. Maybe tell them to leave out a few porridge oats or something to help it out. Not worth a damn to a racing pigeon owner at this stage anyhow.


  • #5
    OpenYourEyes
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    Having grasped the same end of the stick as Thundercat, I agree with their post - the pigeon fancier isn't going to travel any distance to retrieve the pigeon, and if they get it back they'll just put it down. Best to just leave it methinks.


  • #6
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Have a read of this -
    http://www.irishhomingunion.com/page3.htm


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  • #7
    secretagent
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    Frank Prehistoric Jackhammer wrote: »
    Have a read of this -
    http://www.irishhomingunion.com/page3.htm

    That's an interesting read. They can't get near enough to read the number rings with binoculars, it flys off but keeps coming back to same spot in yard. Will keep that article in mind. Thanks.


  • #8
    dodderangler
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    ThunderCat wrote: »
    it might be euthanised if it ever was .

    Nice word for a rung neck. :)
    If it don't arrive home it'll be no use to the pigeon owner.
    But..... The owner is probably at home blaming a peregrine or sparrowhawk on his missing pigeon.
    Yet if it dont come home they don't care. Might blame a bop for chasing it off course or something.
    Mods sorry for my rant but I had bit of a Toff with a pigeon man yesterday and still bugging me over what he said.


  • #9
    OpenYourEyes
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    dodderangler wrote: »
    Nice word for a rung neck. :)
    If it don't arrive home it'll be no use to the pigeon owner.
    But..... The owner is probably at home blaming a peregrine or sparrowhawk on his missing pigeon.
    Yet if it dont come home they don't care. Might blame a bop for chasing it off course or something.
    Mods sorry for my rant but I had bit of a Toff with a pigeon man yesterday and still bugging me over what he said.

    I must say the underlined bit was the first thing that popped into my mind too.
    While Peregrines do eat racing pigeons, there's no data on whether the pigeons they ate are ones in races, or ones that dropped out of races and got lost and have been flying around on their own or with a feral/woodpigeon flock for weeks or months! Some of the more 'unpleasant' Pigeon fanciers would be quick to complain about raptors, when in fact a lot more Pigeons just get blown off course or just get distracted/disinterested etc.


    For clarity, obviously not all Pigeon Fanciers are engaged in or encourage raptor persecution.....but some of them do! Definitely a minority, but still too many unfortunately


  • #10
    dodderangler
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    Sorry for the rant openyoureyes. But as someone who flies a hawk you can kinda understand my anger towards pigeon owners.


  • #11
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    The number of pigeon fanciers who have a down on birds of prey is very very small and may even be confined to certain parts of the country. My native town is one with sone areas of terrace after terrace of red brick houses that at one time had a pigeon coop in every yard. Today there is probably only 20% of that number but, as someone with strong links to this tradition and involved in wildlife, nobody here blames a bird of prey for the failure of a pigeon to return home. Of course there are contrary views elsewhere but please don't always jump on the Pigeon v BOP bandwagon. Likewise do not assume an owner will not want a lost or exhausted bird back. And again, unlike the stereotype many many pigeon owners do not ring the necks of birds that don't make the grade.
    Just for balance and a taste of reality.


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  • #12
    cd07
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    A few years back my father in law found a racing pigeon in his yard so he rang me to go and see if I could catch it. I got the pigeon and It had a name and address stamped on its flight feathers it was a bird from Belfast. I brought the bird down to a guy I know who races pigeons and he got in touch with the owner. He told him that the bird was of very high breeding stock and worth a few quid but he said if he wanted to hold on to her to and breed a pair of young birds off her he was welcome to. He asked my friend to ring him after he had bred off her as he was keen to get this pigeon back so my friend said no bother at all. He had the bird less than 3 days when his loft was broken into and she was the only pigeon taken! As this pigeon was bred from a well known breeder up north my mate had mentioned it to a few people in the pigeon club prior to the bird being stolen so he has no idea if it could have been a local or someone else who stole the bird! Needless to say the owner up in Belfast was a bit miffed!


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