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Sure that is the number mate,haven't got the birds now,my mates boy has them ready to liberate tomorrow over the border.Sure it was 1618 with a unikon ring on Drk chq.

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Stamped Low Waters ? Two more sitting on roof,dark green rings SU.

Another just dropped on the garden. SU14L1618 cheq. Same treatment as other two. What are they doing down here ?? :emoticon-0138-thinking:

Sent you a pm.

Why By Sarah Knapton, Science Correspondent 07:31AM BST 23 Jul 2014 23 Comments Bats get ‘the Bends’ when they fly too near wind turbines, experts have claimed. Queen’s University Belfast said pressure from the turbine blades causes a similar condition as that experienced by divers when the surface too quickly. Conservationists have warned that the bodies of bats are frequently seen around the bases of turbines, but it was previously assumed they had flown into the blades. However, Dr Richard Holland claims that bats suffer from ‘barotrauma’ when the approach the structures which can pop their lungs from inside their bodies. Dr Holland said energy companies should consider turning off turbines when bats are migrating. Related Articles Wind turbines may be killing bats by 'exploding' their lungs 13 Sep 2013 Radar could prevent bat deaths 17 Jul 2009 Eco-motoring made easy Volvo "We know that bats must be 'seeing' the turbines, but it seems that the air pressure patterns around working turbines give the bats what's akin to the bends," he said. '"It's most common in migratory species, with around 300,000 bats affected every year in Europe alone. You just find bats dead at the bottom of these turbines. One option is to reduce turbine activity during times of peak migration." The team at Queen’s University also found that bats use polarised light to navigate as well as echo-location. Greater mouse-eared bats were shown to react to the way the sun's light is scattered in the atmosphere at sunset in order to calibrate their internal magnetic compass, in a study published in the journal Nature Communications. Researchers said a huge number of animals including bees, dung beetles and fish use this system as a form of compass, but bats are the first mammals to do so. They said they remained baffled as to how bats achieve this feat. The finding adds to a growing list of systems used by bats to navigate including echolocation or sonar, the sun, stars and the Earth's magnetic field, as well as smells and sight. '"Every night through the spring, summer and autumn, bats leave their roosts in caves, trees and buildings to search for insect prey. "They might range hundreds of kilometres in a night, but return to their roosts before sunrise to avoid predators. But, until now, how they achieved such feats of navigation wasn't clear," Stefan Greif of Queen's University, lead author of the study, said. "'Most people are familiar with bats using echolocation to get around. But that only works up to about 50 metres (164ft), so we knew they had to be using another of their senses for longer-range navigation." In the experiment, scientists showed 70 adult, female mouse-eared bats one of two different types of polarisation patterns at sunset. They then released them in Bulgaria around 20 to 25 kilometres (12-15 miles) from their home roost in the early hours of the morning, when no polarisation was visible. The bats that had been shown a shifted pattern of polarised light headed off in a direction at right angles from those that had not. And pigeons use and see polarised light as well as Ultra Violet Summary Of 12 homing pigeons tested, four could be trained to discriminate between a linearly polarized light source with a rotating axis of polarization and the same light source with a stationary axis of polarization. Initially, all 12 pigeons were trained to discriminate between rotating and non-rotating cross hairs. The cross hairs were gradually faded until only polarized light remained. The response was a classically conditioned increase in heart rate. An additional control series was performed using neutral density filters. This is the first evidence for polarized light detection in birds. We thank Drs. K. Adler, J. Hatch, and T. Waterman for reading and criticizing an early draft of this paper. This work was supported by an NSF Graduate Fellowship to M. Kreithen, a grant from the Cornell Office of Sponsored Research, and NSF Research Grants GB 13046X and GB 35199X to W. T. Keeton. Patterns of polarized light also appear to play a key role in navigation. Many of the nocturnal migrants start their flights at sunset or a little after. Birds apparently use the polarized light patterns to provide information on initial migratory flight directions.

SU14L4786 SU14L2624 Both pieds, will feed and water and get them up the road tomorrow,unless advised otherwise. In reasonable condition,just thirsty/hungry. Lindsay

Was bright first thing,clouding over now,looks like rain before tea.

Good morning.

Happy Birthday lads. Have a great day Michael. :animatedpigeons:

My mates moving house and packing in with pigeons in a few weeks he has a couple of good lofts for sale.Aspatria Cumbria.

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Derwent valley,liberated at 10:45 hrs. in a fresh West wind @ Appleton.

Just seen this interesting article,thanks to Nick for putting it up. Peter Boskamp news letter for August Youngsters that stay away The question of why so many youngsters stay behind is regularly asked to use pigeon veterinarians by pigeon breeders. There are colleagues who want to have all the answers and say they know exactly the absolute cause. That is nonsense in my eyes. There is no single cause, there are several reasons for this. Old friends like clear skies and easterly winds, and also those inversion can be quite though among the youngsters in an unguarded moment. But there are other causes. If we look at the diseases that play a role, there are multiple to mention. Again, there are again some old acquaintances such as heavy cancer infections, respiratory infections, and also the "coli". But this is what too general and too easy. Personally, we believe that the herpesvirus plays a significant role in the loss of the youngsters. And it is not directly then at least indirectly. Since we have to vaccinate against this disease, which according to the books has to be done twice. There is a clear trend that the pigeons who are vaccinated do not get lost that often. The question remains whether this is purely caused by the Herpes vaccination or the fact that it vaccinates in this way also twice against paramyxovirus (as intended is), as this plays a major, or perhaps greater role. To rule that out we should look at people who only vaccinated twice against salmonella as the leaflet prescribes. But the vast majority of those who vaccinated only do this once, because it is simply a "must". Anyway, as I said, we clearly see a reduced loss of the youngsters by the pigeons that are double vaccinated against the herpes virus. This is just a given. But even by double vaccinated birds the losses can be considerable. In addition, we often establish a significant presence of "the bully bacteria '. Both last year and this year usually the losses stop after a cure against this bacteria. On a personal basis I report that I still suspect that radiation is not as innocent for pigeons as people claim (those who have an interest in this). The dependence of radiation equipment that produces or is subject to radiation is so big that it is a given that we will have to deal with. We can not change much. At the beginning of this century, I read an article in which German doctors had determined that there is more risk of leukemia in children when they live near radiation masts. Means of research Quite shocking. But then almost nothing happens. Indeed, the number of masts rose and is only increasing. A price we have to pay for evolution. All in all, there are a number of factors to mention whether or not just cause problems for the pigeons, which ensure that they do not know to find the way home. Against some factors it is possible to take action. Against others less. Probiotics As known probiotics are the so-called 'good intestinal bacteria. Prebiotics are referred to as the substances that help the good intestinal bacteria help it grow. We distinguish species-specific probiotics and probiotics from other species. The species-specific probiotics occur in the species concerned. The advantage of providing these probiotics is that they nestle in the intestine. The other probiotics do have a positive influence in the intestine but are much more excreted with the feces. Many pigeon breeders ask me the question whether the provision of probiotics is needed. The answer is simple. On water and feed the pigeons can live well. But a racing pigeon must be able to deliver a optimum performance. In order to achieve this, the circumstances have to be more than optimal. Probiotics are good intestine bacteria. As long as these are majority in the intestine, pathogenic and other more harmful intestinal bacteria have less opportunity. It is a matter of competition. As the intestinal flora is getting stronger the disease has no chance. Providing probiotics therefore falls under the heading of preventive health care. In addition, probiotics are important to give after giving antibiotics, to get the intestinal flora level back up again. Antibiotics destroy not only the poor and pathogenic bacteria but also the good intestinal flora. If a rapid recovery, after a necessary antibiotic treatment, is desired then give probiotics to contribute to this.

Durham Combine.Wakefield libbed 07:00am NO wind,turning SW.

Once you've got your young bird sickness sorted and have stopped treating with the appropriate anti.what is your next step,multi-vits ? electrolytes ? probiotics ? nystatin ? Sedachol ? or have you something else up your sleeve ? :emoticon-0138-thinking: :emoticon-0138-thinking:

High broken cloud ,sun breaking through fresh SW wind.

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Come on John.You must have missed it :emoticon-0136-giggle: :emoticon-0136-giggle: http://forum.pigeonbasics.com/topic/75772-thought-for-today/page__p__933217__fromsearch__1entry933217

A woman didn't come home one night. The next morning she told her husband that she had slept over at a friend's house. The man called his wife's 10 best friends. None of them knew anything about it. A man didn't come home one night. The next morning he told his wife that he had slept over at a friend's house. The woman called her husband's 10 best friends: eight confirmed that he had slept over, and two said he was still there. :emoticon-0140-rofl: :emoticon-0140-rofl: :emoticon-0140-rofl: :emoticon-0140-rofl:

Well done lads.

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