There s a lost racing pigeon in my garden. Can just make out some of the code on his band...IHU 11 S117
What should i feed him and how best to catch a tame pigeon??
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Very nice braised with some bacon and a smidge of star anise
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Leave it, it's probably just stopped for a rest and some dinner...
The owner will not want it back.
If it has decided to stop in your garden instead of race home, then it is in the wrong job.
I found this online;
[url= http://www.pigeonbasics.com/lostbirds.php ]Lost pigeons[/url]
Extracted from above page.....
IHU;
Irish Homing Union
38, Ballynhatty Road,
Belfast.
BT8 8LE
Tel: 028 9064 4231
Please Note:
Serial Letter 'N' rings report to:
Mr J Hughes,
44, Ashbourn Park,
Lambeg, Lisburn.
BT27 4NS
Email: jameshughes681@btinternet.com
Serial Letter 'S' rings report to:
S. Lehane,
69, Lorcan Crescent,
Santry, Dublin 9.
Email: slehane@eircom.net
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Funnly enough we had this last week. I saw it in the garden before the bank holiday and it was still there when we got back 4 days later. Sitting there in the rain looking very sad for itself. It wouldn't let me get close enough to check it's ring / tag.
A friend's dad is a pigeon fancier and he said to put out some rice for it. When we looked again a few hours later it was gone. It was right next to the bird feeder but I guess it was too heavy to get anything from it?
The old box, stick and string method? Bit of bird seed should do for bait
I live in West wales.. The Irish pigeon is a little bit lost me thinks.
It might belong to Tyson.
Although I don't think he lives in Ireland.
I live in West wales.. The Irish pigeon is a little bit lost me thinks.
It's only over the sea a bit
They fly these birds from France and similar sometimes, so seems creditable that it's Irish
Are we making racist pigeon stereotypes now!?!
It was right next to the bird feeder but I guess it was too heavy to get anything from it?
I've got a pair of Wood Pigeons as regular visitors, and they usually hang around under the Acer where the feeders hang, or around a couple of metal hooped jobbies which have roses growing up inside, which have feeders hanging from the top inside. One of the pigeons has sussed that if it perches on a reinforcing ring near the top, it can get at the feeder, and will now elbow aside the goldfinches and sparrows and sit there stuffing it's already plump self! Cheeky bugger... 😀
Surely it's a found racing pigeon?
Put it in the curry
Did it look like this?
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Or this?
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If the latter, I have a sneaking suspicion I know who it belongs to....
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Its probably just cheating in the round the world race and sitting it out in West Wales till the others catch up.
What do you call a lost racing pigeon? A pigeon....
Given him a bowl of guinness as he wasn't drinking the water i put out.. seemed to go down quite well but complained at how id poured it. Have also named him O' be jaysus.
Emailed the people in Ireland yesterday as listed above but haven't had a response.
How do you know its lost?
I presumed the serial number on its band indicates its from Ireland?? Oh and has said fe*k off ya gobsh*ite several times