A male pigeon is called a Cock. Male pigeons are easy to confuse with female pigeons as they are the same size and they also help to incubate eggs, sharing the job with their female partner. If...
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During WW1, the telephone and telegraph machines that we take for granted today weren’t reliable enough to be counted on to carry important information to the troops and back. For that reason,...
Many thousands of pigeons lost their lives in WW2. Carrier pigeons were widely used during WW1 since telephone and telegraph technology was too new to be reliable. Though it occurred two...
The tags you see on pigeons' feet is known as ‘ringing’ or ‘pigeon banding’. They are an attempt by ornithologists to gain information about the birds. There is a worldwide scientific...
Pigeons are everywhere because of their close relationship with mankind. Whether or not you are pigeon fancier, you can’t fail to notice that pigeons are always around. The connection...
On a global scale pigeons live all over the world. With over 300 species of pigeons, you will find them scattered around the whole planet. The only exceptions are places of extreme heat...
