What is the use of pigeon ring?

What is the use of pigeon ring?

Racing pigeon breeders place these bands on their pigeons when the birds are young. The small metal or plastic strips remains around the birds’ legs throughout their lives. These ID tags can settle disputes about who owns a bird and can help lost or injured pigeons get back home.

What are national pigeon rings?

National Pigeon Rings Ltd is the UK’s premier supplier of independent pigeon rings and supplements. When you choose to purchase ‘NPR’ pigeon rings that display the ‘NPR’ prefix you will automatically qualify for the following FREE benefits: Free reporting of strays. Free transfers.

What to do if you find a banded pigeon?

So what can YOU do if you find a banded pigeon? First, provide food and water; the bird needs both desperately at this point. A regular wild bird seed mix will be fine; scratch feed is also good. DO NOT offer bread; bread is NOT a suitable food for ANY wildlife.

How do you identify a pigeon band?

These are occasionally found in the U.S. or Canada. Pigeon bands are plastic covered aluminum, usually colored plastic. Characters on pigeon bands include an organization code (AU, CU, IF, IPB, and NPA often), a recent year (2001or 01, etc.), a club code of 2 to 4 letters, and a 4-5 digit number.

How do you read a pigeon leg band?

Their leg bands are alphanumeric. The letters represent the owner’s national organization and local club, and the numbers represent the year the bird was hatched and its unique ID code. The first letters on a band might be AU for American Racing Pigeon Union or CU for Canadian Racing Pigeon Union.

What to do if I find a banded pigeon?

Pigeon fanciers often urge simply getting the birds back into shape (see below) and releasing them. They are, after all, “homing” pigeons, and should thus be able to find their way back home after a few days of rest and food. If you choose this route, do not try to attach a message to the bird.

What does a green ring on a pigeon mean?

They don’t want lost birds. Rescued pigeon racing survivor Clive has both a coded green racing band & a purple clip on band. Sport bands are coded with the club’s name, the bird’s hatch year and the bird’s ID number. They are designed to record who wins, not help those lost.

Can you look up bird band numbers?

Please be ready with the band number, as well as how, where, and when the bird was found. Online: Go to https://www.fws.gov/birds/surveys-and-data/bird-banding/reporting-banded-birds.php. By phone: 1-800-327-BAND (2263) from anywhere in Canada, the United States and most parts of the Caribbean.