It’s not only 502 miles I no it’s a good pigeon what I said is the rest of the pigeons don’t just fly that distance most fly a lot further and there no chance of making it home on the night so the pigeons that have no choice to sit out in rain and all the the other things that can stop pigeons from getting back home then they will be wet have to sit atleast get a little dry then pick them self’s up to try and get home but u have to mind it wasn’t a nice hot sunny morning was it so with u saying if one make the rest should mind it’s not a fed race it’s a long hard slog that there was only 334 birds away no help and hand there