could pigeons fly in the dark?

[dthomom]

Surely all of you have read this, but I will try to post the link to a cnn article about how homing pigeons "home".
http://www.securitynewsportal.com/cg...eut/index.html

[Pige-on]

WOW !!!!!!!!! I never knew that !!!!Thanks !!!!

[Pige-on]

By the way are there any pigeons that sleep in the day and fly at night?

[elvis_911]

Yeah yesterday i released a pair of pigeons from maybe 1 half km away it was dim you can see everything clearly but it was as if the birds cant fly in the day and i saw him perch on a building then i waited 30minutes! it got dark and they didnt want to fly at all! they still havent come back !! Maryco do you live in a building?
do you ever release them? casue i think they would get lost in a place with lots of balconies, maybe get confused?

[maryco]

Hello,

Yes, I do live in a building and those birds are feral, they know the area well and even in the dark (mostly the adults) can move around but otherwise I don't think it's going to be easy for your birds to come back in the dark.
They would most likely wait until morning and try to come back.

[Pige-on]

Thanks everyone for replying !!!!!!!