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capture and raise pigeons. Some they raised for food, some for racing, and some to carry messages. People also raised pigeons for their beautiful feathers. Over...

extensive amount of space (and in this case, the information on feral pigeons is one of the more relevant sections within the Rock pigeon article.--C.Logan 12:48...

Similarly, the story about the boy who shot the last passenger pigeon seems a myth to me. -- SG It is impossible to excommunicate a passenger pigeon, regardless...

pigeons" may just be reacting to the sight and behavior of sick pigeons. Even some of the Wikipedia photos show birds that look unhealthy (feathers fluffed...

Is this a hoax? Whose front lines did the pigeons cross? I mean who were the Germans fighting between 1900 and 1914? How were they persuaded to fly from...

with, then replys can be sent using the other pigeon... you wouldn't use the same pigeon. and what is this pigeon bang crap, I can't find any verifiable...

pigeon. Is there any independent confirmation that the one villager was killed by soldiers at the camp? That seems the least likely part of the story...

Velociraptor may have evolved feathers independently of all other feathered animals? We're not saying Deinonychus had feathers just because Velociraptor did...

reason I doubt the sound is produced by feather vibration is because it happens only in low-speed flight, when feathers could not possibly vibrate fast enough...

[2] or the use of feathers in Polynesian costume? Ostrich feathers were an important trade item between Africa and Europe once [3] and there are better...

of feathers or dino fur as some call it. Or should a picture of the animal in two different forms one without feathers and the other with feathers.Mcelite...

[2] or the use of feathers in Polynesian costume? Ostrich feathers were an important trade item between Africa and Europe once [3] and there are better...

and behaved exactly like contemporary Polish chicken do. The name Czubatka, which in Polish language simply indicates a bird with a tuft of feathers growing...

tawny-buff or buff and blackish-brown with brown mottling on the buff areas. Tail feathers are tawny to tawny-chestnut, with the outer feathers barred dark brown...

even apomorphy-based (on feathers), in Charig 1985. I'd prefer something specific like "pennaceous feathers with a rachis and vane as in Passer domesticus"...

the colouration is in the deeper layers of the feathers, which are covered by white parts of the feathers. Snowman 20:07, 27 December 2006 (UTC) No merge:...

discusses feather evolution, which is a topic where mistakes are easily made: today, one would think "avian feathers" when thinking "feathers", but in...

Payne and there's not much left... Bee Wilson lengthily outlines his veggie regime, Lucas cooked the pigeon for him before he went vegetarian and so on...

Talk:Passenger Pigeon for a brief discussion. I feel the whole discussion of cloning the Great Auk or any other extinct animal is speculative, and does not...

eating the pigeons. Rats and sparrows would be harder to come by as rats hide in sewers and the sparrow population has crashed. As for taking other birds of...