Lexington native Scott Sink has a passion for racing pigeons. Several times a week, he takes the birds to an open field where he says he “conditions” them, as you would an athlete. “You need to get ...

PETOSKEY — The Flying Clovers Racing Pigeon Club will be sponsoring a national youth race Saturday, Sept. 26, in which birds will fly from the Grand Rapids area back to Pickerel Lake. The birds came ...

ANTIOCH — Fred Belus casts his gaze skyward at a flock of racing pigeons circling above his backyard. Fit and sleek, they circle a few times before a distinct whistle from Belus brings his flock back ...

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.

PETOSKEY — Now in its second year, the Flying Clovers 4-H Racing Pigeon Club has doubled its membership and now has eight lofts scattered across Northern Michigan. Mike Netzky, leader of the Flying ...

Racing thoroughbreds may be the sport of kings, but racing pigeons not long ago was the sport of hundreds of Worcesterites. The sport began in America in the 1870s, bolstered to a significant degree ...

ANDALUSIA, Ill. — It's a sport with an aerial race track. The starting line can be hundreds of miles away from the Quad Cities, and the finish line is home. A group of people raise and train pigeons ...

Patrick "Pat" Legor remembers growing up in the Main South area of Worcester 70 years ago, when pigeon racing was a popular sport and about a dozen homing pigeon clubs thrived throughout the city. But ...

Despite numerous studies and a variety of theories, no one knows for sure how homing pigeons can always find their way back home. Their amazing ability to navigate while flying 40-45 miles per hour ...

Hope, Emily Dickinson wrote, is the thing with feathers. Or, in this case, lots of feathers. Lots and lots of feathers. Stan Elkins has an unusual hope. The 43-year-old police officer hopes to ...

ANTIOCH — Fred Belus casts his gaze skyward at a flock of racing pigeons circling above his backyard. Fit and sleek, they circle a few times before a distinct whistle from Belus brings his flock back ...