(new) Pigeons of War

[Nanci]

Ok, I am going to try to attach some pictures. This is a mobile loft. I'm going to see if this worked before I do more!

Nanci

[Nanci]

Here is Dillbird in a pigeon carrier from the Swiss Army. He likes to sleep in the little pigeon sleeping bag, outside of the carrier. There is a slot for a spare pigeon on the other end.

When I first received this carrier, (bought on e-Bay) I took it outside, with Dillbird, to set it up. you take the whole thing apart, and it becomes a fence, and has a net which goes over the top, so the birds can walk around on the ground. I get it all unpacked and say to Dill- "Dill, do you want to play army pigeon?" He took off and flew a whole bunch of circles around me!

Nanci

[Nanci]

Here is Cher Amie.

[Nanci]

Ok, here's one more- a pigeon with the message capsule attached.

[birdy]

Hi Nancy,

Those are great photos! I especially like the one of Dillbird - is he (she) ever a cool bird. There was this special on Robert Capra, the photographer who took some great photos of the Normandy invasion on D-Day. They said that all the photographers were given carrier pigeons to send the film back for processing. This is one of the Capra's famous photos from D-Day at Omaha Beach brought to us by one of our brave feathered friends:

[FeatherBrain]

Amazing Pictures Nanci !

[FeatherBrain]

Hi, I found this great site on War pigeons wid pix....First I was going to Quote out of the site n post pix....but then decided to post the link to the site, so that u guys cd check the whole thing out.

http://home2.planetinternet.be/rice1/military.htm

[Reti]

Nanci,
those are great photos.
I love Dillbird and he seems to love his carrier.
I have to meet Dillbird some day.
Reti

[Pigeonworldwide]

Originally Posted by Nanci

Here is Cher Amie.

If I'm not mistaken, you can see Cher Ami at the Smithsonian Institution U.S. National Museum in Washington.

[Pigeonworldwide]

Some more pigeons used for transfering photo's in WWII

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/3722743.stm

Also pigeons used in Iraq war:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/mid...st/2852823.stm
- Shame that they will release the birds in Baghdad. Won't they have to look for food and all. I'n't it best to tkae them back to america and give them some owners who can take care of them?

[santhosh_pigeons]

HI
This forum is just amazing
We all should appreciate our birds for their service
In India there is still the practice of pigeon post messaging in the state of orrissa, but nobody has really kept a record of how and when this came to practice.
The pics are just too good
Thanks everyone

[Pigeonworldwide]

Originally Posted by santhosh_pigeons

HI
This forum is just amazing
We all should appreciate our birds for their service
In India there is still the practice of pigeon post messaging in the state of orrissa, but nobody has really kept a record of how and when this came to practice.
The pics are just too good
Thanks everyone

About pigeons used in India, they still use pigeons for sending messages at a Indian police station. I heard a special show about it on BBC Radio.

[santhosh_pigeons]

This just is too good.
In the state of orrissa(southern india) pigeons are still being used for messaging purposes in the police dept.
I will try to get more info on this. Kings of the mughal dynasty used pigeons and the famous king akbar was a serious fancier. I dont know if the are related to the original passenger pigeons but they are really on the DANGER list.

[Pigeonworldwide]

http://www.interbug.com/pigeon/pigeo...cgi?rec_id=157
http://www.interbug.com/pigeon/pigeo....cgi?rec_id=81
http://www.interbug.com/pigeon/pigeo....cgi?rec_id=20
Above links to indian policestation pigeons info.

Other intresting links:
"Pigeon terrorists were to drop bombs":
http://www.interbug.com/pigeon/pigeo...cgi?rec_id=200
"Airborne threat of Nazi pigeons"
http://www.interbug.com/pigeon/pigeo...cgi?rec_id=130

More intresting pigeon news etc... can be found here:
http://www.interbug.com/pigeon/pigeo...=0&num=9999&o=

[santhosh_pigeons]

Great info on this
The belgian birds are still in demand today and i'd try to visit cuttack some time. Thanx for the links.