Pigeon Palace

This article comes from the femalefirst.com website. What a great way to house some of our favorite avian friends! This guy has paid loving tribute to his pigeons, treating them like royalty.

Pigeon Palace

9th January 2007 07:01:01
A UK man has had a luxury log cabin customised for his 85 pigeons.
Mike Wood, from Whitby, North Yorkshire, won the £2,500 holiday hut after he competed in a radio music quiz.
After being told what his prize was, he immediately rang the timber cabin firm who supplied the prize and asked them to adapt it into a lavish home for his precious pigeons.
The 8mx2.4m shed now sits proudly in Wood's back garden.
Wood said: "It looks smart and the pigeons are like my children."



http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/bizarre/Pigeon+Palace-28635.html

Doves in the Rose Parade

My children were watching the Rose Parade on television and came running to report that doves were released from one of the floats. I wish I'd seen it. Sounds like it was amazing! I wonder who did the release? What fun.

Here's a excerpt from the ABC News website:

"The few first floats didn't disappoint the masses. A 45-foot tall Mother Nature was surrounded by animals while scores of live doves were released as it began its procession. The float was soon followed by "Jewels of Nature," a colorful display of butterflies adorned with tulips, daffodils and lilies."

For more on this story, go to the ABC News website:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2763726

Celebrating American Pigeons

A great article about the first pigeons to arrive in America, how they got here, and why!

http://www.thestar.com/Life/article/166735