Rick Kilgore’s Chinese Owl pigeons are fluffed and ready for Saturday’s show. GREENFIELD — They’re not owls and they’re not Chinese, but Rick Kilgore will have his Chinese Owl pigeons on display at ...

BRIDGEPORT, Neb. (AP) -- To most people, Frank Cahoy's Chinese owls look just like pigeons. They are. Cahoy breeds and shows the variety known as Chinese owls because of their feather formation, which ...

Old German Owl (left) and Racing Homer (right) domestic pigeon breeds that the researchers bred for the study. Credit must be given to the creator. Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted.

In the modern world, pigeons serve small purpose. Electrical communications have made carriers, with freak exceptions,obsolete. The lively sport of live-pigeon shooting is now generally illegal. The ...

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