| Title: | Captive Breeding for Conservation--and FUN! |
| Notice: | INTROS 6.X / FOR SALE 13.X / Buying a Bird 900.* |
| Moderator: | VIDEO::PULSIFER |
| Created: | Mon Oct 10 1988 |
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I know almost nothing about birds and i am looking for some help.
I found a pidgeon with a leg band this past weekend. It was quite
friendly and landed on the porch of an outbuilding at our summer house
on Chappaquiddick (my mothers house actually). It just entered the
building, hopped up on the guest bed and stared at us.
We carefully captured it and read the band info. It was clear green
plastic and had the number 7495 on it with smaller writing of:
AU88
RI
on it.
What does this mean (Rhode Island, released 1988?)
The bird seemed friendly, and although was initially scared when we
captured it, didn't fight to get free. Once we released it it hung
around for the next day or so, then flew off. We fed it a few crackers,
but because often people are not there at the house, we didn't want it
dependant on us.
How do i contact the owner?
I tried the Littelton hospital but they didn't know what to do.
Ideas?
tnx,
paul
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| 692.1 | BUSY::TBUTLER | Fri May 22 1992 12:39 | 5 | ||
Maybe the AU refers to Audobon Society (?Spelling) bandinig the
bird in 88 in RI. In that case the bird may not actually belong to
anyone. Just a guess though.
Tom
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| 692.2 | Also Try Natural History Museum | IDE::BROWN | Sat May 23 1992 09:14 | 7 | |
If the Audubon Society can't help you, you might try the Natural
History Museum in Brewster on the Cape (508-896-3867).
I am from the cape and very often would bring injured or tagged wildlife
to them. They have always been very helpful.
Meg
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| 692.3 | Homing Pigeon | ROYALT::PULSIFER | UNHAMPERED BY FACTS AND INFORMATION | Tue May 26 1992 10:31 | 10 |
Being it is a Pigeon it is more likely that the Band indicates
ownership, and that the bird did not return home after release. The
band may be traceable through a pigeon breeders registry either State
or national.
Pigeon owners compete by taking their birds miles from Home and
releasing them, and then timing their return home.
Doug
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| 692.4 | I'll check tonight | BTOVT::CACCIA_S | the REAL steve | Tue May 26 1992 11:44 | 8 |
One of my neighbors is a racing pigeon enthusiast. In fact he is a
member of one of the local and some national club and is racing his
birds nearly every week. I will ask him about the band tonight.
By the way, there really are such things as baby pigeons. he has about
a dozen in his coop.!!!!!
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| 692.5 | Homing pigeon? | ESCROW::ROBERTS | Mon Aug 31 1992 14:21 | 19 | |
Did anyone here ever find out what to do with such pigeons? I have one
that appeared in my bard Sunday morning. I too has a leg band, with
AU 92 on one line and SC under it. The pigeon seems OK, but possibly
tired? (It is a bit listless, and when I put it up on top of a pile of
hay bales, it almost immediately went to sleep. It's not very wile,
but not tame either. I caught it without oo much trouble to read the
leg band, but it would not let me catch it again, when I wanted to
close it in another part of the barn, away from the cats. I think
there might have been two birds, since I saw a pile of pigeon feathers
and bones out by my hayfield -- a favorite hangout of one of the cats.
The pigeon in the barn can fly, and seems happy to eat some horse feed,
but I'm concerned 1) that the cats will discover him/her 2) that it
doesn't have access to water -- I gave it a dish of water, but don't
know if that's an appropriate type of container. Can a pigeon drink
out of a bowl, or does it have to be a flat bird-bath sort of
container?
-ellie
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