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Anyone lost this? On my backstep if it's yours!

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SassynSane · 05/06/2017 18:20

So. Just come in through my back gate to find this on my doorstep....anyone missing a pigeon? Not your average bird, well looked after, has got ring etc but bloody thing won't let me get close enough to get details.

It's currently attacking my pots in hope of food. Am assuming due to high winds been blown off course and is knackered. I have chucked some food out on back step (randomly had some milled linseed in...once a Girl Guide, always a Girl Guide Grin) and shut in Sassycat (cos that wouldn't end well...I'd be hoovering up feathers for weeks!!!)...

So...anyone think they've lost something today? Or have suggestions of what I could do with it? Confused

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rightwhine · 07/06/2017 07:48

Have you told her she's going home yet? What was her response?

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SassynSane · 07/06/2017 07:35

DGazzie wishes all MNtters a very happy Wednesday and says good morning! Smile

Soup, New Malden, so only be a few miles as the erm, pigeon, flies back to the Olympic Park area. Plan is for friend to release from her parents garden. But if weather not great on Sat aft they'll hang onto her and release when better. I'll msg her owner later to see if that all sounds ok Smile

Anyone lost this? On my backstep if it's yours!
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SoupDragon · 07/06/2017 07:09

Whereabouts in Surrey?

GypsyQueen · 07/06/2017 07:00

I found an injured pigeon in an alleyway when I lived in Scarborough, I took it in my yard so cats couldn't get it and put a box over it. ended up staying months, I used to buy birdseed for it and even when it could fly again it still came back for meals. It would tap on the outside door. I didn't mind but it started to bring its friends and more and more were coming. Had to stop feeding him after that. Felt guilty as he probably never knew why I stopped feeding him. Once had the door open in the summer and a seagull was sitting on the back of the settee when I went into the lounge.

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SassynSane · 06/06/2017 22:13

Thanks EDBD, really sweet of you!! But I may have a solution. Been out at mtg this eve and someone there is going to London on Saturday (well Surrey but pretty close) and if can't sort relay then she's happy to get her as close as poss and do a release and then the last bit will be up to DGazzie! And hopefully by Sat she'll be fully rested and had enough food etc to make the final flight herself...so I think that'll be our plan.

So looks like I will have my little garden guest a while longer Smile Just been out to tuck her in (change paper, clean water etc) & she's looking happy and healthy...will keep you updated on how she does over next few days and will see if owner will let me know if she gets back safely on Saturday so I can share that too...

But for now, from DGazzie-towers, goodnight! Grin

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EvilDoctorBallerinaDuck · 06/06/2017 20:25

I'm in Fulham but no car. If someone could get her to a tube station I could do the last leg.

alwaysme22 · 06/06/2017 15:21

This takes me back to when I was a whipper snapper in the late 1950s. My Granfer raced pigeons and they would be sent off in a wicker basket by train to wherever they were to be released.

By the earliest they could be expected back I would be at the pigeon loft with him watching the sky. The hours I spent doing that!

One day a pigeon appeared really early and landed on the loft roof. I remember my Granfer being really excited, that bird was so early he was in with a chance of being the winner. Trouble was that darn bird had other ideas, it took 2 hours to entice him into the loft so my Granfer could take the ring from his leg and put it into the clock. Didn't matter how early a bird landed, until the ring was in clock and time recorded it didn't count.

That bird got a right telling off and then a good feed and water!

Goingtobeawesome · 06/06/2017 15:05

I'm in Kent..

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SassynSane · 06/06/2017 15:04

Ok my closest town is Bristol....so not near Weymouth...but I could drive out a bit further east to meet up either with chicken or anyone else who wants to help? I know she's just a little Pidge but wouldn't it be great if we could do this? Yes yes, I know....entirely soppy Sassy! Wink Right gotta go do school run...be back later....

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BillyDaveysDaughter · 06/06/2017 15:00

Aarrrggh I drive all over the country for work but this week only right down here in the south - and next week only up to Oxfordshire, and I'm stuck there for 3 days. If only I had been going from Portsmouth to Derby or something this week, I could've taken part in the relay...

Chickenagain · 06/06/2017 14:58

I mean she!!

Chickenagain · 06/06/2017 14:58

So pleased Gazzie has her perch 😃

FWIW I'm travelling Weymouth to Chichester Thurs or Friday so could help relay.... A few of my clients will be going home to London on Sunday evening...

Or, can't he go on the train? Don't they travel in the guards van or something in a picnic type hamper? I remember seeing a film (probably in b&w) about it 😂

Ruhrpott · 06/06/2017 14:51

Or just keep her 🐦

HappydaysArehere · 06/06/2017 14:44

He probably just needs a good rest and has been battling the wind. We once had a homing pigeon on our window sill and all he needed was a rest and a little food. Just keep the cat in and I bet he will be gone in awhile.

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SassynSane · 06/06/2017 14:43

Thanks Bring Smile Ok...we could make this happen...we could PM car reg plates so we know who is in the relay and time and location for handovers etc and we could get her either all the way home or as close as possible before releasing her...or maybe am overthinking and I just need to let her go tomorrow and keep my fingers crossed!

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BringMeTea · 06/06/2017 14:36

This is SO much better than Springwatch. Well done Sassy. Star

HerRoyalFattyness · 06/06/2017 14:31

A mn relay would be amazing! Please please make it happen!

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SassynSane · 06/06/2017 14:24

DGazzie is pleased to have cheered you up eggshell....

Ok...well just checking if anyone in RL is heading east anytime soon otherwise a MN relay complete with handover pics would be immense! And DD and I would love to know she gets home safe

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offblackeggshell · 06/06/2017 14:16

I'm having a crappy day, and reading this update has cheered me up no end! Go Gazzie.

MyNameIsntTaken · 06/06/2017 14:13

Yes! We need a Gazzie relay with photo diary. Come on mn, make this happen!

SoupDragon · 06/06/2017 14:13

Hopefully more successful than Pom the MN class bear!

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SassynSane · 06/06/2017 14:11

Love it Soup Grin I might have impressed upon the owner that DGazzie is now an internet star and I might have mentioned that lots of people are rooting for her so she best not have her neck wrung or anything! I might have whispered something about crossing the MN Mafia....BlushWink

A DGazzie relay...complete with photo diary???

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SoupDragon · 06/06/2017 14:07

I did wonder if he was a she but assumed he because he clearly hadn't stopped to ask for directions Wink

Perhaps there could be a MN Gazzie relay where she's passed from car to car until she reaches London.

I hope the owner is now going to call her Gazzie rather than judging her on her appearance...

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SassynSane · 06/06/2017 13:50

Ok Gaz-update...

He is a She! We're an all female household here so that suits us fine! She doesn't have a name but is known as a "blue-checker" because of her coloration. Owner was v grateful for my call and I now have his full contact details. He is by the Olympic Park so fair way away!

Anyway Gaz...going to change that to Gazzie!....was racing home on Saturday from Newark (in SW so she's seriously off course) & of his 18 birds released she's the only one not come back. He won the race so clearly knows his racing pigeons (damn...should have asked for a tip!)... Anyway he's said as she's not injured to let her rest and if it's nice tomorrow to release her, or if anyone is heading towards London to take her with them and let her go so she's closer to home...I am going there but not for another 3 weeks...so...do I release or do I see if I can find someone who can give Gazzie a lift towards home?

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WetsTheFinger · 06/06/2017 13:47

Oops sorry hadn't read full thread

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