Tom Jackson cradles a pigeon in his hand and releases it on the ground. But instead of blasting off into the sky, the bird rolls over backward, kicking up dust as it propels itself across the barn ...

Brian Lord is already a father, but he's also a parent to about 100 pigeons in his front yard. When they're old enough, Lord lets the pigeons leave their home for the big world around them. But he's ...

Ten-year-old Jacob Sewall had seen pigeons only in books before a Maine neighbor named Scott Landry introduced the lad to breeding and racing the oft-misunderstood birds. Every day after school and by ...

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — Hans Foell spends race days pacing his Concord, Calif., backyard, squinting up Kirker Pass as he waits for one of his prizewinning birds to come into view. Foell’s brother gave ...

Racing pigeons are released at dawn from a starting point 100 to 550 miles from home so they can see visual cues and arrive at their coops before dark. But they apparently rely heavily on their ...

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 ...