Pigeons: The Fascinating Saga of the World's Most Revered and Reviled Bird

Honestly I'm not much of a reader, however I've grown such a big fascination with pigeons and loved the history this book gave. Despite not coming in the best packaging, there's no damage to the book at all :)

The book was quite informative for us. My wife and I, as a hobby while working full time, saved sick & injured birds for 30 years. We had a federal and state license to do so. We did a lot of our work with birds like crows, pigeons, sparrows and starlings. My wife worked in an animal hospital that specialized in birds. I discovered pigeons, one on one, were affecionate, sweet and did not bite like parrots and other hooked billed birds. I had one male pigeon who would sit on my shoulder when I would take a shower and stick his body under the shower and if I took a nap he was right there to cuddle up next to me. We've had Labrador Retrievers and everybody got along, even with the two rescue cats we had. Pigeons will get into water to clean themselves even in colder weather. This pigeon I spoke of lived to 23 and died of testicular cancer. I sure missed him and was quite attached to that little guy.

I was looking for a book on social interactions in pigeons and this is the closest thing I could find. Although this book mainly concentrates on how humans interact with and view pigeons, it is still very interesting. A highly recommended read on a surprisingly interesting topic.

interesting facts about pigeons, from beginning of the domestication to nowadays, interesting technical facts about racing, keeping, housing, varieties etc.

The story and information.