Dan
Dan started Pigeonpedia in January 2020.
He has liked pigeons since he was young, when he fed them breadcrumbs in his local park, now he regularly takes his kids to do the same thing.
He started Pigeonpedia after noticing how few dedicated Pigeon websites there were online.
Articles
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Behavior
Can Pigeons Sit Down? 4 Sitting Postures and When to Worry
Yes, pigeons can sit down. A resting pigeon squats with its legs folded under its belly, the same position it uses on eggs, and healthy birds also lie…
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Behavior
Why Do Pigeons Puff Up Their Chests? 6 Reasons and When to Worry
A pigeon that puffs up its chest is usually a male showing off. In the courtship display, the bow-coo, he fills his crop with air, raises his neck…
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Behavior
Do Pigeons Have Feelings?
There is some scientific evidence, and a lot of anecdotal evidence from owners, that pigeons have feelings. Pigeons are monogamous birds who show affection to their partners and…
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Training
How to Train a Pigeon to Do Tricks
Pigeons can be trained. Pigeons are intelligent birds with good learning and memory skills for a bird, and in a 1981 experiment trained pigeons appeared to pass a…
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Racing
How Much Weight Can a Pigeon Carry?
A healthy homing pigeon can fly with roughly 30 to 75 g (1 to 2.5 oz) attached to it, about 10 to 15% of its body weight. Even…
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Racing
How Far Can a Pigeon Fly? Homing Pigeon Distances and Records
A homing pigeon can fly about 600 miles (965 km) in a day, and one well-documented flight covered 802 miles (1,290 km) in a single day in New…
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Facts
7 Famous Pigeon Fanciers
Pigeon fanciers include well-known people as well as ordinary keepers. These are seven famous pigeon fanciers from the past and present. 1. Queen Elizabeth II Queen Elizabeth II’s…
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Behavior
Why Do Pigeons Fly Into Windows?
Pigeons fly into windows by accident, usually because the glass reflects trees or the sky and they mistake it for open space or a place to land. A…
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Facts
The Most Famous Pigeons of All Time
People have kept pigeons since ancient times, and the bird has become a universal symbol of peace and love; in Christianity the dove represents the Holy Spirit. Some…
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Behavior
Do Pigeons Migrate?
Feral and domestic pigeons do not migrate. Some wild species do: the European turtle dove flies to Africa for the winter, and many wood pigeons from northern and…
