Q. Do wild pigeons carry diseases that people should be concerned about?
The earliest homing pigeons were not used for racing, but to carry messages over long distances in a short amount of time.
The pigeons carried two kinds of despatch: official and private, both of which are later described in detail.
A pigeon could carry a message, but it could also be a signal.
Once the pigeons carried us the Bingtown news, I knew we had other things to worry about.
As the pigeons could not carry paper dispatches, the Tours government turned to microfilm.
A pigeon can carry a message, too, so they've confiscated all the birds they could find.
Historically, pigeons carried messages only one way, to their home.
With training, pigeons can carry up to 75 g (2.5 oz) on their backs.
Kethol understood the brevity of what a pigeon could carry.