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Re: I need help/Racing Pigeon
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Re: I need help/Racing Pigeon
- From: "S. J. Froning" <sjfroning@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 11:30:03 -0700 (PDT)
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Judy et al FYI,
This is a racing pigeon. The bird was probably blown
off course during the weekend storms.
It is best to cage and feed these birds e-rations of
raw popcorn and dried peas or wild bird seed. They
are usually pretty exhausted and need R&R before
allowed to fly or they will become a raptor snack.
In recent years, I have found the owners to be very
interested in getting their birds back so they will
usually send a buddy or come get the birds
themselves rather then ask you release it.
I sent Ginger the web sites for two of the main
racing associations:
http://www.pigeon.org
http://www.americanhoming.org
And a commercial site with a lot of links:
http://www.silvio-co.com/pigeons/links.htm
We used to end up with these birds at the veterinary
hospital in Pinehurst. I no longer keep the phones
numbers.
Thought I'd post this as these birds do show up from
time to time and list members may want to search the
archives for this info.
On a wild bird note, the 200+ American Goldfinches
and 30+ Chipping Sparrows at my feeders all
seemingly blew north with the storm front on 3/31.
Whether they knowingly took advantage of the storm
front or blew off my land...(?) They were here right
up until mid afternoon.The M/F Purple Finch returned
to the feeders on schedule-late morning-on 4/1.
There was a flotilla of 13 Lesser Scaup on my
neighbor's pond 3/31 late morning. It's a large 3-4
acre pond but rarely attracts waterfowl.
Jill Froning DVM
s of Chapel Hill in n Chatham Co.
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