Lexington Racing Pigeon Club» Just for fun http://www.lexingtonracingpigeonclub.org The homing pigeon club of Lexington and Central Kentucky Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:13:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Mike Tyson Racing Pigeons on Animal Planet http://www.lexingtonracingpigeonclub.org/2011/02/mike-tyson-racing-pigeons-on-animal-planet/ http://www.lexingtonracingpigeonclub.org/2011/02/mike-tyson-racing-pigeons-on-animal-planet/#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:56:20 +0000 David Stephenson http://www.lexingtonracingpigeonclub.org/?p=690 Here is an awesome trailer for the upcoming series on Animal Planet featuring Mike Tyson racing pigeons. Let’s hope the national exposure will increase the interest in the sport.

You know Mike Tyson as a world heavyweight champion. In March 2011, meet Mike Tyson: pigeon lover. “Taking on Tyson,” is an all-new series, on Animal Planet

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]]> http://www.lexingtonracingpigeonclub.org/2011/01/overloaded-smuggler/feed/ 0 Homers in Paranoid Music Video http://www.lexingtonracingpigeonclub.org/2011/01/homers-in-paranoid-music-video/ http://www.lexingtonracingpigeonclub.org/2011/01/homers-in-paranoid-music-video/#comments Sun, 09 Jan 2011 15:22:18 +0000 David Stephenson http://www.lexingtonracingpigeonclub.org/?p=624 Kinda fun to see homers included in a professionally produced music video. The end is nice, too, although I don’t think those are huge flocks of homers – probably starlings.

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NPR did a nice little story about a scientific study using GPS devices carried by homing pigeons in little backpacks. The devices recorded the pigeon’s movement five times every second. The full results of the study can be found at the Journal Nature.

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]]> http://www.lexingtonracingpigeonclub.org/2010/02/thats-one-way-to-avoid-those-pesky-head-winds/feed/ 0 Pigeon Impossible http://www.lexingtonracingpigeonclub.org/2009/11/pigeon-impossible/ http://www.lexingtonracingpigeonclub.org/2009/11/pigeon-impossible/#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:24:17 +0000 David Stephenson http://www.lexingtonracingpigeonclub.org/?p=241 Just for chuckles – here’s a great little animated short featuring a pretty smart little pigeon.

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