I found a pigeon that is hurt.Where can i find out where it belongs.I don't know how to read it's tag?

Answer 1

Go to this web site for the American Racing Pigeon Union: http://www.pigeon.org/lostbirdinfo.htm
They have info on how to try to locate the owner, how to read the band and how to care for the bird. Also try:
http://interbug.com/pigeon/lost.html for help with locating the owner.
We found a bird too and found out he was in a race, but were not able to locate the owner. By the time he had healed from his broken wing, he "imprinted" on our farm and flies back here!
Good luck!

Answer 2

I'm going to assume your question is geared for N. America. The same answer would hold true for other areas, but the national organizations to check would be different. If you could firm up your location, it would be easier to point you in a specific direction.

Pigeon bands in N. America are usually read thus:

Organization initials - e.g., A.U. (American Racing Pigeon Union), I.F. (International Federation of Homing Pigeon Fanciers); CU (Canadian Racing Pigeon Union); The National Pigeon Association (a show bird organization) lists its bands with NPA.

Following the initials are usually the year of the bird's birth., e.g., 06. Following that are the initials for the club that the bird's owner belongs to, e.g., WEF - West End Flyers; POM Pomona, etc.

After that are the individual numbers for the bird itself, e.g., 0137

No two birds have the same combination of letters, numbers.
In Europe, they often don't have a letter combination for club, but rather, use a numerical one.

So -- if you found a bird listed: AU 04 WEF 1765, it would be a racing pigeon that was bred by someone in the West End Flyer's club of southern California in 2004, and it could be tracked to the owner by calling the club secretary.

Show bird bands and roller club bands may also be tracked, but some of those bands are sold from feed stores and they are a bit more loose on keeping records than are racing pigeon groups.
Various clubs also produce their own bands with various first letter combinations, e.g., the National Birmingham Roller Club has bands with NBRC

If you want to see listings for various organizations, you may check the websites for the racing pigeon groups in N. America by going to:

AU http://www.pigeon.org

IF http://www.ifpigeon.com/

CU http://www.canadianracingpigeonunion.com

NPA (USA version) http://www.npausa.com

Answer 3

punch in pigeon racing in search menu and theres a site where you can punch in the numbers on the tag....we had the same problem b4 too.

Answer 4

pigeons have tags? call your local animal shelter. they will fix the bird

Answer 5

all aviator groups have clubs , try calling information , or Google a pigeon club .