Valkyrie Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Or rather naughty pigeon has fallen in love with my mum!!!! She was in the garden the other day and there had been buzzards around. Towards the evening she thought there was a dead fly on the floor by the window. Nope, pigeon poop and there it was sitting comfortably on one of her dining chairs! So she calls me. The pigeon had obviously been frightened and left a nice pigeon shaped mark on the inside of the window. We put it outside and took the ring number - I forgot they get tatooed on the inside of the wings, so didn't look there - it was rather traumatised anyway. It ate some bird food and flew away. Since then it has been back every day. I gather it may have come from Derbyshire (we often get racing pigeons having a stop off in Hook - we've probably had one every year all told). Today it has been knocking on the door and then sulking in the middle of the lawn. It looks quite a young bird. Perhaps it has Stockhausen Syndrome? Any ideas what can be done - I gather birds that fail often are dispatched. So I can't bear the thought of that happening to such a lovely little thing (notice I don't mind those, but I will happily scoff a wood pigeon). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahJo Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Google racing pidgeons - my Dad once "found" a lost one - and with the ring number we managed to get it returned to the owner. If you don't suceed - maybe a local vet will have info - I am sure there is a directory of numbers somewhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 We found a homing pigeon at the farm once. They spoke to the owners and kept it in a rabbit hutch for a few days then it flew back home. I think it went back to the farm a few times but then always returned back home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 The number to phone if you find a racing pigeon is 01452 713529. I can't believe I still know the number off by heart. I worked at the RSPCA Hospital over 20 years ago and we were always giving the number out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 OH's father-in-law was a pigeon racer one. OH's advice is to open up the birds wing (if you can catch it) and there should be a Club or owners stamp of the inside of the wing, he said sometimes there are 3-4 stamps on one wing. Another suggestion is to go onine to something like the "pigeon federation" or similar and enter the ring number online and it may come up with an owner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
