On a crisp Sunday morning, a group of men shuffle around a big warehouse space in West Babylon. Some walk by with small wooden carriers, while others chat casually and hassle each other like old ...

For the uninitiated the world of the pigeon fancier conjures up an image of an old man in a flat cap, with the sport of racing the birds perhaps considered a pursuit for those of a certain vintage.

AS Micky Kelly retires from pigeon racing at the age of 76, he does it secure in the knowledge that there are no worlds left to conquer. PIGEON fancying has long been associated as a pursuit of middle ...

Homing pigeon owners from Montgomery, Bucks, Lehigh, Lebanon and Delaware counties will be pitting their birds against each other in a race organized by Moyer & Son Inc. in Souderton. This is the ...

At a grimy corner on Stricker Street in West Baltimore, there’s a quick, hand-to-hand exchange between two men. Another man shuffles slower than a crawl, a hospital gown draped off one shoulder, ...

The 83-year-old Cabbage Hill resident limped out to the frame-and-screen coop behind his rowhouse and was greeted by the soft cooing of pigeons. "As long as I can remember, I've had them," he said, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Gayle Anderson was live in Ontario for the ...

Hans Foell spends race days pacing his Concord backyard, squinting up Kirker Pass as he waits for one of his prizewinning birds to come into view. Foell’s brother gave him his first homing pigeon when ...

Along with the Brunner pouters, flying rollers, Chinese owls and Portuguese tumblers, Fred Herr of Willow Street had brought his Mini-Indian fantails to the old fire hall in Manchester, York County.

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