Dear message board
This may sound like a strange request, but I am an artist researching a new piece of work. I work mainly with video and transmission (including work with webcams and streaming video on the internet) and much of the work is dealing with (british) landscape. I have been aware for some time of the role of pigeons as messengers - especially those awarded for bravery in the war. And I knwo this entailed pigeons carrying very light scrolls of paper. I am trying to find out whether it might be feasible to attach a tiny lightweight camera to a carrier (or homing) pigeon to record its journey over a particular route (or a group of pigeons). I am wondering whether anything like this may have already been done, and whether it is even possible (without of course any cruelty or distress to the birds). And if this is feasible, what kind of distances and times are possible for pigeons. As you can see my research is just beginning so any help advice or pointers would be very gratefully received? With many thanks, Sincerely
Susan Collins
http://www.susan-collins.net
