Pigeon Reported

[pigeon hut]

hows this for you had a phone call to say about one of my pigeons lost training this week off a women she got my number by the rpra when reporting it.but the best bit is she as not got it in just seen its ring number what does she want me to do go sixty miles with a net and ladder to try catching it off her roof or in the air.why report it if you have not got it in its a non fancier.

[DJWa]

hows this for you had a phone call to say about one of my pigeons lost training this week off a women she got my number by the rpra when reporting it.but the best bit is she as not got it in just seen its ring number what does she want me to do go sixty miles with a net and ladder to try catching it off her roof or in the air.why report it if you have not got it in its a non fancier.

 

very good of the woman to go to the bother of reporting it

she obviously doesnt know that the bird wont come to you when you call it

too many dont bother reporting them

i would thank the women and inform her that theres nothing you can do

unless the birds confined somewhere

also advise her of ways she could possibly catch the bird

 

jmo dave

[bibendium]

I had simelar last year , got a call from a woman who got my number off rspca of all people,luckily was only few miles away , went down to collect the bird and it was flying around, left a basket in her garden with some seed in , she called next night to say she had bird in basket on arrival discovered it was a lovely mosaic cock but not mine, mine was never seen again. the mosaic belonged to a chap in carlisle, a few days r&r and he was on his way again non the worse for his experience

[Poppy Loft]

I had a chap last year who used his video camera to zoom in on ring of my bird sat on his conservatory. I talked him through catching it and fair play he managed it after a couple of days.

[andy Burgess]

very good of the woman to go to the bother of reporting it

she obviously doesnt know that the bird wont come to you when you call it

too many dont bother reporting them

i would thank the women and inform her that theres nothing you can do

unless the birds confined somewhere

also advise her of ways she could possibly catch the bird

 

jmo dave

a good honest answer Dave

[Guest homestead]

very good of the woman to go to the bother of reporting it

she obviously doesnt know that the bird wont come to you when you call it

too many dont bother reporting them

i would thank the women and inform her that theres nothing you can do

unless the birds confined somewhere

also advise her of ways she could possibly catch the bird

 

jmo dave

Good reply (at least you know where the pigeon is )

[Pompey Mick]

The non fanciers who report pigeons usually have a lot more concern for the birds welfare than some fanciers, it don't take too much time to gently explain that catching a pigeon in the open is usually very difficult and it would be much better if the bird can be trapped in a shed where it can be caught easily.

I once had one of my YBs,lost first time off the loft, reported by a non fancier 3ml away. When I got there it was imprisoned under an upturned washing basket being flown out and dehydrated, she told me she had a phobia about birds and couldn't go near them. I asked her how she managed to read the wing stamp if that was the case. Oh. she said I didn't read it, the chap next door is a pigeon fancier and he read it for me, and promptly put it back under the washing basket! That poor YB spent the best part of a day under that basket because of a so-called pigeon fancier. I was going to knock his door but I would have ended up knocking more than his door.

[andy Burgess]

The non fanciers who report pigeons usually have a lot more concern for the birds welfare than some fanciers, it don't take too much time to gently explain that catching a pigeon in the open is usually very difficult and it would be much better if the bird can be trapped in a shed where it can be caught easily.

I once had one of my YBs,lost first time off the loft, reported by a non fancier 3ml away. When I got there it was imprisoned under an upturned washing basket being flown out and dehydrated, she told me she had a phobia about birds and couldn't go near them. I asked her how she managed to read the wing stamp if that was the case. Oh. she said I didn't read it, the chap next door is a pigeon fancier and he read it for me, and promptly put it back under the washing basket! That poor YB spent the best part of a day under that basket because of a so-called pigeon fancier. I was going to knock his door but I would have ended up knocking more than his door.

ouch some people eh

[billt]

ouch some people eh

 

Not surprising non-fanciers generally have a poor opinion of us