After Thanksgiving, Derek Duke and I were scouting Walk-in-the-Water WMA near Frostproof for an upcoming deer hunt. About 3 miles into the hike, we discovered a dead pigeon in the sugar sand trail.

On the list of things Lelton Morse loves in life, his wife, his son and daughter-in-law, and God come first. His pigeons come next, but not by much. Morse breeds and races homing pigeons. Hundreds of ...

HEADLAND ‒ As the group of homing pigeons circled the sky above, John Ross Helms whistled ‒ the signal that usually brings the birds back to their pen because they associate it with eating. Helms ...

Everyone who lives in the city has seen pigeons. To most they are just another bird in the background. Sometimes someone tosses them a piece of bread or some such in the Fred Meyer parking lot, but ...

Hundreds of pigeons emerge from a slim opening in a backyard shed outfitted into a coop, their heads bobbing as their owner, Wilberto Aponte out, shoos them out, gruffly urging them to fly. In a ...

A barrage of flapping wings greets visitors to Rafael “Pep” Bachier’s bird coop, an RV-size space tucked beside his bright yellow Roxbury auto repair shop. Close to 40 rainbow-colored cubbies, one for ...