Pigeon keeping or pigeon fancying is the art and science of breeding domestic pigeons. People have practiced pigeon keeping for at least 5,000 years and...
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Dovecote (redirect from Pigeon house)
not documented in France before the Roman invasion of Gaul by Caesar. Pigeon keeping was then a passion in Rome: The Roman-style, generally round, columbarium...
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The homing pigeon is a variety of domestic pigeon (Columba livia domestica), selectively bred for its ability to find its way home over extremely long...
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book The Pigeon describes all aspects of pigeon keeping. For exhibition purposes sport pigeons are sometimes grouped as Flying/Sporting Pigeons. Levi, Wendell...
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less widespread owing to increasing urbanisation and regulation of pigeon keeping. A modern version of the device, based on specimens held at the Pitt...
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Pigeon racing is the sport of releasing specially trained homing pigeons, which then return to their homes over a carefully measured distance. The time...
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utility pigeons of most importance to the businessperson who is keeping them are rapid growth and high fecundity. There are breeds of pigeons which at...
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coping with his wayward son Terry (Nigel Pivaro) and his hobby for pigeon keeping. In his final storyline, he was portrayed as having incurable non-Hodgkin...
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Throwing (also putting and setting) the cat among the pigeons (also amongst the pigeons) is a British idiom used to describe a disturbance caused by an...
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been cancelled and anyone keeping pigeons would have to draw on their own personal rationed corn and seed to also feed the pigeons. However, the UK security...
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Rock dove (redirect from Blue Rock Pigeon)
dove, rock pigeon, or common pigeon (/ˈpɪdʒ.ən/ also /ˈpɪdʒ.ɪn/; Columba livia) is a member of the bird family Columbidae (doves and pigeons).: 624 In...
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Pigeon post is the use of homing pigeons to carry messages. Pigeons are effective as messengers due to their natural homing abilities. The pigeons are...
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The Nicobar pigeon or Nicobar dove (Caloenas nicobarica, Car: ma-kūö-kö) is a bird found on small islands and in coastal regions from the Andaman and Nicobar...
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The passenger pigeon or wild pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) is an extinct species of pigeon that was endemic to North America. Its common name is derived...
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Squab (redirect from Squab pigeon)
In culinary terminology, squab is an immature domestic pigeon, typically under four weeks old, or its meat. Some authors describe it as tasting like dark...
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fitness Pigeon Raising 1933 1980 Pigeon keeping Pioneer 1910 1911 Replaced by Pioneering Pioneering Poultry Farming 1911 1913 Replaced by Poultry Keeping Poultry...
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Pigeonhole principle (redirect from Pigeon hole principle)
space in a desk, cabinet, or wall for keeping letters or papers, metaphorically rooted in structures that house pigeons. Because furniture with pigeonholes...
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The pigeon drop or Spanish handkerchief or Chilean handkerchief is a confidence trick in which a mark, or "pigeon", is persuaded to give up a sum of money...
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Mourning dove (redirect from The Carolina Pigeon)
colloquially as the turtle dove, and it was once known as the Carolina pigeon and Carolina turtledove. It is one of the most abundant and widespread North...
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Mo Willems (redirect from The Pigeon Loves Things That Go!)
(2004) The Pigeon Loves Things That Go! (2005) The Pigeon Has Feelings, Too! (2005) Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! (2006) The Pigeon Wants a Puppy...
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as dealing with wayward son Terry (Nigel Pivaro) and his hobby for pigeon keeping. In his final storyline Jack was portrayed as having incurable non-Hodgkin...
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Ballybough (section Pigeon Fancying)
Ballybough in times past was pigeon fancying. British soldiers stationed in Dublin helped to popularise the activity. Pigeon keeping was declared illegal in...
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B. F. Skinner (redirect from Superstitious pigeon)
animals, the pigeon. Skinner placed a series of hungry pigeons in a cage attached to an automatic mechanism that delivered food to the pigeon "at regular...
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Pet culture (redirect from Pet keeping)
have been used to perform roles and tasks such as delivering messages, pigeon racing or falconry. Usually, ownership of birds requires an enclosure (such...
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The United States Army Pigeon Service (a.k.a. Signal Pigeon Corps) was a unit of the United States Army during World War I and World War II. Their assignment...
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Eka Pada Rajakapotasana (redirect from Sleeping Pigeon)
राजकपोतासन; IAST: Eka Pāda Rājakapotāsana), Rajakapotasana, or [One-legged] King Pigeon Pose is a seated back-bending asana in modern yoga as exercise. The Yin...
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Valiant (film) (category Fictional doves and pigeons)
years after the declaration of World War II, three Royal Homing Pigeon Service war pigeons are flying across the English Channel with the White Cliffs of...
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Pigeon fever is a disease of horses, also known as dryland distemper or equine distemper, caused by the Gram-positive bacteria Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis...
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Wringer (novel) (category Children's books about pigeons)
parents both learn of the existence of the pigeon but respect his wishes to keep Nipper a secret. Keeping Nipper also allows Palmer to befriend Dorothy...
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Cooper's hawk (redirect from Great pigeon hawk)
passerines, almost certainly the most important avian prey type is the pigeon and dove family. Especially for those living in urban areas, Cooper's hawks...
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