Racing Pigeon Found

trishw78 · 19-09-2007 03:29PM #1

Not sure if this is the right place or not but I figure it's a bird so what the hay.

The Number on the Metal Ring is IHU07 S88492.

I've been trying to get in touch with Seamus Lehane but I've had no such look if anyone knows anyone into racing pigeons and can maybe get in touch with Seamus I'd be greatful.

The pigeon about 5 miles on the New Ross side of Waterford. On a construction Site. He's been here since monday and doesn't look the may west. He's not interested in water or food.

mr.wiggle · 29-09-2007 03:43AM

Any luck finding the owner?

jmkennedyie · 02-10-2007 07:08PM

Sorry, just spotted this thread. Have you tried Michael Flynn, Brian Killeen, Gerry Flynn ?

Did a bit of googling, and they are contacts for Sarsfields which is the club that seems to own the ring number you have...

IHUmeans these guys: http://irishhomingunion.com
07means 2007 (I guess)
S list for 2007 is here: http://irishhomingunion.com/page10.htm
88492 is in the range for Sarsfield [ 85001 90000 Sarsfield ]

You can get their phone numbers from the Clubs and Contacts page http://irishhomingunion.com/page4.htm, just do a Find for Sarsfields, it is under Co. Dublin.

Good luck...

colmranger · 03-10-2007 02:31PM

Here's another good site for found pigeons:

http://www.btinternet.com/~homingpigeons/ringlist.htm

trishw78 · 03-10-2007 02:34PM

Unfortunately we found the pigeon dead a few days later he came to a nasty end, and his body was disposed of.

Thanks for the PM mr.wiggle

Thanks

JD201 · 16-05-2012 07:29PM

Hi jmkennedyie
thanks for you post I found a local number & an IHU member was able to help me with a pigeon that has taken a shine to my balcony. It's from the UK and a little lost. It will be looked after now at least.
Regards

swifts need our help! · 16-05-2012 09:11PM

Pigeon owners will not take back a bird that has been lost - so I read. Better leave them to do their own thing.

Mark

siledee · 16-05-2012 10:48PM

Mark, don't believe everything you read.

When the guy from the local club came to rescue the one that had been hanging around our place he told us that it was an expensive bird and that the owner would be glad to have it back.

A couple of rattles from corn in a tin and he had it in his hands.
It was thin and dehydrated and in no way could it have done its own thing.

Its like turning out an animal that has been hand reared and leaving it to fend for itself....never gonna work.

LostCovey · 16-05-2012 11:16PM

siledee wrote: »

Mark, don't believe everything you read.

When the guy from the local club came to rescue the one that had been hanging around our place he told us that it was an expensive bird and that the owner would be glad to have it back.

A couple of rattles from corn in a tin and he had it in his hands.
It was thin and dehydrated and in no way could it have done its own thing.

Its like turning out an animal that has been hand reared and leaving it to fend for itself....never gonna work.

Mark was gently trying to hint that the racing pigeon fraternity regard pigeons that get lost as "genes to take out of the pool".

So lost pigeons tend to survive longer left to their own devices than when returned to their owner's tender mercies.

swifts need our help! · 16-05-2012 11:22PM

yes thats correct. Once lost it will always get lost and why continue the genes

Mark

siledee · 16-05-2012 11:40PM

LostCovey wrote: »

Mark was gently trying to hint that the racing pigeon fraternity regard pigeons that get lost as "genes to take out of the pool".

So lost pigeons tend to survive longer left to their own devices than when returned to their owner's tender mercies.

So you are suggesting that owners paint/tattoo a phone number on the underside of a wing (as was the case with my lost one) to get it back in order to then wring its neck ? Why bother?

LostCovey · 17-05-2012 06:37AM

siledee wrote: »

So you are suggesting that owners paint/tattoo a phone number on the underside of a wing (as was the case with my lost one) to get it back in order to then wring its neck ? Why bother?

On RACING PIGEONS all of these tattoos and wing numbers etc are to identify the bird at the end of a race or within the loft.

If racing pigeon owners really wanted lost birds back they would use a phone number or an email address, rather than an obscure code.

They don't, in my experience.

LostCovey

LostCovey · 17-05-2012 09:28AM

siledee wrote: »

So you are suggesting that owners paint/tattoo a phone number on the underside of a wing (as was the case with my lost one) to get it back in order to then wring its neck ? Why bother?

Pardon me siledee.

I misread your post.

There iwas a phone number tattooed on the bird's wing??????? Was it a racing pigeon or a fancy dove (ie someone's pet)

I have never come across this.

Maybe I am missing something else, but I still think that a lost racing bird will get a warm welcome, with chips, peas & gravy.

LostCovey

siledee · 17-05-2012 05:36PM

Yes definitely a phone number and a racing bird. The guy who collected the bird showed it to us. We looked up the area code and it was for Clones. We live on the north coast near Derry.

I know nothing about racing birds so I was a bit gobsmacked to hear of their fate. But maybe the"chips,peas and gravy" route would be kinder/quicker than starvation or being mauled by a cat.

I suppose others will have a different opinion.

homerhop · 17-05-2012 11:56PM

Sometimes flocks of racing pigeons can get hit by birds of prey and scatter often leading to situations where you may find a bird on your roof. They can get quiet exhausted and disorientated and can take anything from a few hours to a few days to settle and head on their way.
A guy a few doors up from me keeps quiet a few different kinds and he will often have birds returning a few days later than the main body and he is always quiet glad to see them return.

siledee · 18-05-2012 12:30AM

homerhop wrote: »

Sometimes flocks of racing pigeons can get hit by birds of prey and scatter often leading to situations where you may find a bird on your roof. They can get quiet exhausted and disorientated and can take anything from a few hours to a few days to settle and head on their way.
A guy a few doors up from me keeps quiet a few different kinds and he will often have birds returning a few days later than the main body and he is always quiet glad to see them return.

Homerhop, you have made my day with that last sentence. I'm sure most pigeon fanciers get attached to their birds and are glad to have them back.
But I suppose you will get the odd gits who are only out for the glory and the trophies...hence the "gene pool" situation.
I'm sure really bad weather could disorientate them too.

Birdnuts · 18-05-2012 12:38AM

siledee wrote: »

I'm sure really bad weather could disorientate them too.

Big time - easterly winds, mist, thunderstorms, gales etc. all play havoc with pigeon flocks according to a neighbour who races them a few doors down. The enormous number of feral pigeons in our towns and cities is testiment to the number of birds that loose their way.

Mothman · 18-05-2012 11:55AM

About 4 pigeons ended up with me last year. I followed up on all of them. I was asked to release them far away, so 2 got released in Clare and the other in Down!

The 4th was injured by a cat. I kept it and a few days later the owner contacted me. I informed him that it was badly injured with damaged wing and broken leg.

He came and collected it and said he could splint the leg. I don't believe for a moment that he would have come to collect it just to wring its neck.

So, don't assume that the gravy will be warmed up, but at least leave that decision to the owner and not make that decision yourself.

Scotty # · 18-05-2012 12:09PM

homerhop wrote: »

...he is always quiet glad to see them return.

"Seeing them return" and getting a phone call to collect one miles away are two quite different things.

Had one land in the back garden last summer and left him to his own devices. He used to come into the kitchen and was quiet tame. Every night he'd fly up to the upstairs window sill and perch there for the night. Disappeared after a few weeks.

littlebug · 19-05-2012 09:40AM

after a bad storm one turned up at a friends house on Inis Mór. They followed up on the number and spoke with the owner who was confident he would make his own way home. Well the bird hung out there for a couple of months, hanging out by her back door enjoying being fed and generally spoilt. One day he hopped into the kitchen which he had never done before and looked round the corner into the living room as if to say "thanks, bye" and off he flew. A couple of days later they got a phone call to say he'd arrived home safe and sound (can't remember exactly where but in the North, possibly Antrim).
so... even when lost I think they'll eventually make their way home and I agree that gravy isn't inevitable.

madrabui · 21-06-2012 03:09PM

A lost racing pigeon has been living in my garden for the past few weeks. I've been in contact with the owner and he asked me to feed him up.

Looking at littlebug's post I'm thinking that I may have him for a few months. Should I stop feeding him to make him feel less at home? What's the best course of action I should take?

LostCovey · 21-06-2012 11:52PM

madrabui wrote: »

"A lost racing pigeon has been living in my garden for the past few weeks. I've been in contact with the owner and he asked me to feed him up. "

Now you are just trying to make me say something and I just WON'T!!!!

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