December 26 - Life, Love and Death on the High Seas (not a Tangvald web)
 

On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 10:13:40 GMT, "Dennis Pogson"
wrote:

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On a lighter note, a few years back we were heading north in the Irish Sea
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We fed him and allowed him to rest for about 3 hours, and finally he took
off, headed south!
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Took a note of his ring number, but decided not to contact his owner as
there may have been some retribution against him by said owner.

Dennis.

For racing pigeons in a competitive loft, its not so much natural
selection in operation, but owner selection. The cull rates are
unmerciful and hang on the race time history.

Brian Whatcott altus OK