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.