Are There Any Pigeon Posts In Existence Anymore?

[Pidgelet]

Pigeon fancier knowledge wanted! Are there any pigeon posts in existence anymore?

I'm an artist working on a artwork celebrating the homing pigeon and am interested to hear if anyone uses pigeons to send letters or messages.

Any leads, contacts or advice, please get in touch!

Many thanks!

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[just ask me]

i know there was something posted recently on this subject im sure some of the lads will know

 

great bunch on here

[OLDYELLOW]

there was a programme on a while back where they used pigeon post but can for life of me rember name of programme i do rember one of there favourate pigeons was a dark chequer with a kuif

[blaz]

welcome to the site

i dont know of any pigeons being used to carry mail now .it is well worth a look at some of the stories of carrier pigeons in war time in particular the story or a carrier pigeon named CHER AMI

[Wiley]

there is a pigeon post, if it can be considered that somewhere in america, where a photographer takes photos of white water rafters, he then places the film on pigeons back and releases it, so it gets back to the gift shop, where by the time the people have finished the trip all photos have been recieved and printed and waiting for the punters to buy.

[blaz]

there is a pigeon post, if it can be considered that somewhere in america, where a photographer takes photos of white water rafters, he then places the film on pigeons back and releases it, so it gets back to the gift shop, where by the time the people have finished the trip all photos have been recieved and printed and waiting for the punters to buy.

you are right brain like a sieve seen it on t.v a while back

[OLDYELLOW]

there is a pigeon post, if it can be considered that somewhere in america, where a photographer takes photos of white water rafters, he then places the film on pigeons back and releases it, so it gets back to the gift shop, where by the time the people have finished the trip all photos have been recieved and printed and waiting for the punters to buy.

Thats the one rember the bird but not the programme , but still ultilising pigeons to get stuff from a to b albeit photographic evidence of a white rafting trip rather than spying

[Ian McKay]

I thought there was a hospital in London using pigeons to transfer samples from one to tother :rolleyes:

 

Can anyone else remember this or confirm it

[greenlands]

They used a pigeon on the new Robin Hood film,would like a loft full like that one, liberated in the dark and raining like hell,it made its destination.

[showman]

I thought there was a hospital in London using pigeons to transfer samples from one to tother :rolleyes:

 

Can anyone else remember this or confirm it

 

Remember an article on this subject in the RP Pictorial some years ago.

[kelly tom]

Ian

I remember an article in the Pictorial and the front page had a picture of the pigeon loft on the roof.If my memory serves me right the hospital was in Portsmouth and the loft was on top of the laboratory and they sent blood samples in containers on the birds back.

[REDCHEQHEN]

There was an article not so longer ago complaining about the broadband in South Africa - it was quicker to attach a memory stick to a pigeon and it fly a 100 mile or so - than download something from the internet and send by e-mail (or something like that)

[peter dempsey]

on the radio the other day there was an artical where some parts of the country are so badly covered by Broadband

they were actualy going to have a race with pigeons to see what or who would be the fastest

a lot of fanciers rang the show offering to let there birds be apart of the trials

Im sure others must have also heard this show and i will be looking out for the results

if I find out I will post results here

[Wiley]

on the radio the other day there was an artical where some parts of the country are so badly covered by Broadband

they were actualy going to have a race with pigeons to see what or who would be the fastest

a lot of fanciers rang the show offering to let there birds be apart of the trials

Im sure others must have also heard this show and i will be looking out for the results

if I find out I will post results here

 

Frank & Ann Tasker took up the challenge, it was on the BBC however they have now taken the video down, but there is some linked to it on youtube. Ray Knight had some heavy involvement.

 

[Ian McKay]

Ian

I remember an article in the Pictorial and the front page had a picture of the pigeon loft on the roof.If my memory serves me right the hospital was in Portsmouth and the loft was on top of the laboratory and they sent blood samples in containers on the birds back.

 

 

Yes that's the one I am on about

 

Thanks

[PATTY BHOY]

here ye go.

 

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2705089/Pigeon-post-is-still-delivering.html

[OLDYELLOW]

here ye go.

 

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2705089/Pigeon-post-is-still-delivering.html

thats the one that was on the television it's probably on the net somewhere

[THE FIFER]

I think there is still pigeon post used for medical delivery

[sapper756]

I recall seeing on tv, some theme park ride, or white water raft ride, where a photo is taken at the start, and the film is carried by a pigeon to the end, where your picture is ready for you as you exit the ride, but can not recall wherehttp://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif

Edited October 5, 2010 by sapper756

[Wiley]

there is a pigeon post, if it can be considered that somewhere in america, where a photographer takes photos of white water rafters, he then places the film on pigeons back and releases it, so it gets back to the gift shop, where by the time the people have finished the trip all photos have been recieved and printed and waiting for the punters to buy.

 

Just to state these are the last delivery birds in the world according to most sources.

 

http://www.shoprma.com/pigeon-express.htm

 

http://www.shoprma.com/pigeon_story.htm

 

they are also on facebook

[Wiley]

video here

 

[Guest bakes]

They used a pigeon on the new Robin Hood film,would like a loft full like that one, liberated in the dark and raining like hell,it made its destination.

 

i seen that made me laugh i happily have a loft full of them new strain of doo called storm flyers lib them in pitch black tanking down of rain and they still make it back shore shows up the doos i keep

 

all best.

[bombersbullets]

there is a pigeon post, if it can be considered that somewhere in america, where a photographer takes photos of white water rafters, he then places the film on pigeons back and releases it, so it gets back to the gift shop, where by the time the people have finished the trip all photos have been recieved and printed and waiting for the punters to buy.

yeh i seen this program on t.v was very good show.