how does aracing pigeon find its way home.?

Answer 1

I don't think there's a definitive answer, but it's generally considered that they have an instinctive ability to sense the Earth's magnetic field, which they use to navigate - they know how "home" feels, magnetically.

Answer 2

The homing pigeon is a variety of domesticated Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) that has been selectively bred to be able to find its way home over extremely long distances. Because any pigeon generally returns to its own nest and its own mate, it was relatively easy to selectively breed the birds that repeatedly found their way home over long distances. Flights as long as 1689 miles have been recorded by exceptional birds in competition pigeon racing. Their average flying speed over moderate distances is around 30 miles per hour, but they can achieve bursts of speed up to 60 mph. Homing pigeons have been used to carry messages written on thin light paper (such as cigarette paper) in a small tube attached to one leg; this is called pigeon post.

This bird is to be distinguished from the carrier pigeon, an entirely different breed

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Some research has been performed with the intention of discovering how birds can find their way back from distant places they have never visited before. Some researchers believe that pigeons navigate by Earth's magnetic field

For more details
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homing_pigeon

Answer 3

I read a study in which magnets were attached to the heads of such pigeons, and they were unable to find their way home from unfamiliar territory, so magnetism is certainly involved.

However, I recently read another study suggesting that when they are in familiar territory, they actually navigate by landmarks (rivers, hills, even roads) just like the rest of us.

So clearly, they have a few available methods.

Answer 4

There's a type of magnetic thing in some pigeons that can "calibrate " them with the magnetic fields of the earth.

Answer 5

One explanation I've heard is that they have the animal equivalent of a GPS in their tiny, little, brains, and that by reading the angle of the sun and the angle of the horizon and a bunch of variables I can't even remember, this little bird can find its way unerringly back to where it came from. It's truly one of nature's miracles. And it doesn't even need batteries!

Answer 6

i wouldn't feed the pigeon, as this suggests he acquaintances the feeding jointly with his own loft, in case you may seize the pigeon, area it in a field and head a attainable approx 15 - 20 miles out of your position, launch the chook and it may hopefully to locate its ability domicile to its personal loft and proprietor. Btw what's his ring quantity and that i will contact the BRHA

Answer 7

theyre called homing or carrier pigeons.

Answer 8

Asks a cab driver.

Answer 9

Magnets for brains....

Answer 10

Tom-Tom.