Homing Pigeon...

17 June 2011

I was just turning off the pump for the Koi pond in mum's garden this evening...

When this beautiful homing pigeon shuffled up to me...   I have a natural affinity with pigeons...

I've always loved them...  this one has its racing number ring on its leg so we contacted TACT to get the phone number for the organiser in Lisburn...  So we will hopefully hear from the owner soon...

In the meantime it is in the bedroom in a box with some grain and a deep dish of water as pigeons need to be able to submerge their beak in water to get a drink...

We were told it is important to keep the pigeon warm... hence the bedroom...

I couldn't leave the pigeon as it couldn't take off (probably exhausted) and my friend and neighbour has 7 cats under the age of 1 year so this beautiful bird was not safe to be left.  

This is the second homing pigeon that I have rescued.  This bird is in much better condition than the last one which had been attacked by the local peregrine and had bad damage on its back.

This bird just needs to go home to its loft...

Photos curtesy of Neil as I was holding and stroking the pigeon...  Couldn't remember how to hold it properly although I was shown with the last homing pigeon I rescued.