#158
posted on:
Jul '09
28
5:24pm
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You never know what a day will bring. We were out on Sunday, trying to go to some interesting places while still not getting baked in the sun and decided while driving between the Vanderbilt Museum and the Tuna Festival in Babylon, that we would stop at BJ's for gas.
The lines are very long there since the gas is about $.15 cheaper than anywhere else so Kristiana and I decided to pop into the store so that she could have her glasses tightened.
On our way inside we saw a woman looking under her car. We stopped and she pointed to a pigeon that just wouldn't move. She also pointed to the feathers that were scattered around and said it must be hurt.
We managed to get it to go close enough to one side so that I could grab it from under the car. I noticed that it was banded, so it had to belong to someone.
The poor thing was completely missing its tail feathers. It couldn't stand up. We had a collapsible carrier in the car and Kristiana went to get it. There were some "sample" cups on the ground so we washed one out, filled it with water and I gently pushed the bird's beak into it so that it could suck up some water (pigeons drink differently from other birds).
In Babylon we spoke to some officials who made some calls, but the best advice they received was that it was just a pigeon and to leave it alone.
Once I'm caring for something, that is just not an option.
We got home, wrote emails to a couple of people we thought could help and did some research.
It seems that #158 is a young homing pigeon in training. In fact, he comes from champion bloodlines. Through the codes on the tag we were able to get in touch with the club secretary who contacted his owner. Good old #158 got picked up by his owner yesterday who assured me that if wasn't able to compete, that he would be retired to the breeding coop. Good bloodlines pay off.
You never know what a day will bring...
The lines are very long there since the gas is about $.15 cheaper than anywhere else so Kristiana and I decided to pop into the store so that she could have her glasses tightened.
On our way inside we saw a woman looking under her car. We stopped and she pointed to a pigeon that just wouldn't move. She also pointed to the feathers that were scattered around and said it must be hurt.
We managed to get it to go close enough to one side so that I could grab it from under the car. I noticed that it was banded, so it had to belong to someone.
The poor thing was completely missing its tail feathers. It couldn't stand up. We had a collapsible carrier in the car and Kristiana went to get it. There were some "sample" cups on the ground so we washed one out, filled it with water and I gently pushed the bird's beak into it so that it could suck up some water (pigeons drink differently from other birds).
In Babylon we spoke to some officials who made some calls, but the best advice they received was that it was just a pigeon and to leave it alone.
Once I'm caring for something, that is just not an option.
We got home, wrote emails to a couple of people we thought could help and did some research.
It seems that #158 is a young homing pigeon in training. In fact, he comes from champion bloodlines. Through the codes on the tag we were able to get in touch with the club secretary who contacted his owner. Good old #158 got picked up by his owner yesterday who assured me that if wasn't able to compete, that he would be retired to the breeding coop. Good bloodlines pay off.
You never know what a day will bring...
3 months ago
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3 months ago