{"id":3151,"date":"2010-10-02T19:46:37","date_gmt":"2010-10-02T23:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/?p=3151"},"modified":"2010-10-02T19:46:37","modified_gmt":"2010-10-02T23:46:37","slug":"homing-pigeons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/archives\/3151","title":{"rendered":"Homing Pigeons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve wanted to get a loft of homing pigeons going for ages. A friend found nine beauties for me at a poultry swap meet (yes, such things exist) &#8211; at least<em> I<\/em> think they&#8217;re beautiful. A few portraits:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4091\/5045144681_38f72eb668_b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4091\/5045144681_38f72eb668.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4112\/5045765952_971a2182f8_b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4112\/5045765952_971a2182f8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Beautiful eyes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4088\/5045766218_7d9ea67c94_b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4088\/5045766218_7d9ea67c94.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Some amazing subtle iridescence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4092\/5045765596_6cf83b6b71_b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4092\/5045765596_6cf83b6b71.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Especially fitting: the man who sold them to my friend spoke Greek -his wife translated- and he was very concerned that they&#8217;d be well taken care of. Pigeons and the culture around them are amazing; permit me to recommend Steve Bodio&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0871088371?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=hawkdog-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0871088371\">Aloft<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=hawkdog-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0871088371\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve wanted to get a loft of homing pigeons going for ages. A friend found nine beauties for me at a poultry swap meet (yes, such things exist) &#8211; at least I think they&#8217;re beautiful. 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