The North Platte Flyers homing pigeon club is in the midst of the final ... Training the birds depends on whether it is an old bird - a bird with racing experience - or a young bird.

Witkowski is a member the Torrington Racing Pigeon Club that holds races up to 650 miles long, which pigeons complete in a single day. The birds are taken miles from their lofts and must race home.

Much like how an athlete trains in the offseason, the Norwood Racing Pigeon Club is preparing for races in the months ahead. “You’re like a coach, selecting your players,” Norwood Racing ...

He breeds, trains and races homing pigeons. He's the oldest flier at the Stamford Racing Pigeon Club, nestled on the city's West Side away from the traffic on West Main Street. "I fly mostly girls ...

there is the Buffalo Racing Pigeon Club that is a 300-400 mile race competition. Racers will release the birds in Erie, PA, for example, where they will race home to Buffalo. There are well over ...

As the sun rises, Larry Decareaux, a member of the Delta Pigeon Racing Club, drives crates of pigeons from New Orleans, Metairie, Slidell and the West Bank across the Louisiana state line.

About 30 people meet at the Rock River Racing Pigeon Club, on Sterling's west end, on Fridays during the summer. They send their birds to a designated drop point often 300 miles away or more.

Back around 2006 — back when Orlean wrote about the sport in The New Yorker — the American Racing Pigeon Union counted about 800 clubs nationwide. That’s closer to 450 today. “It used to ...

Move over Kolkata. Chennai is the new pigeon-racing capital of India. With the number of clubs for the sport having doubled in recent years, the city is beak, wings and tail ahead of the competition.