There are lots of hobbies to choose from — playing golf, playing a musical instrument, gardening, swimming. Let’s add raising pigeons to the list. It seems some ‘pigeon fanciers’ take their hobby very ...
A Government inspector is to decide on the future of a pigeon loft which has caused feathers to fly. Pigeon fancier David Kernan fell foul of planners in April when he built the 24ft by 8ft pigeon ...
For those living in or visiting New York City this May and June, the Seattle-based firm Olson Kundig is partnering with the Brooklyn-based artist Duke Riley on a weekend public art performance and ...
Only two birds of the 100 or so in a coop behind Robert Gardella's Arden Heights home have names. There's "Champ," a 20-year-old Belgian homing pigeon, and then there's his son. "I call him Champ, too ...
A group of about 30 owners will petition the zoning board to let them build a club office on Shady Hills Road. John Gallagher speaks of his pigeons with fatherly affection. "They flew 150 miles in 3 ...
A River Heights man was denied the chance to build a racing pigeon loft Thursday, after his neighbours flocked to City Hall to oppose it. City council’s appeal committee unanimously sided with ...
“To me, it’s a source of pride because it’s kind of a lost culture,” he said. “I’ve been [raising pigeons] since I was a child, so it’s keeping part of my childhood alive that I like to share with my ...
Neighbours are celebrating victory in their battle to get a pigeon fancier to remove his nuisance loft from a garden. A government inspector has ordered David Kernan, 52, to demolish the coop at his ...
While most New Yorkers think of pigeons as “rats with wings,” there is a small yet ardent community that trains them to race. The dedicated flyers are declining in number, but those remaining are ...