Say, did you get my message?

I'm not too sure about pigeons being used these days, but I'm pretty sure hawks were used by some Arab nations during World War II....at least that's what I seem to recall hearing about, back in one of my old school-days history classes. I could be wrong though. cdrxo

Hi daizy, I have the same doubt like you. I have seen the same only in films and couples are using pigeons to exchange their letters each other. It is really a surprise me to know your brother is also used the same pigeons for exchanging letters. Till now I thought it was an imagination by story writers and they can’t do it in real life. But now I have to change my perception (lol) and I think your brother is the best person to explain about the same. Pigeon are also a living being and they may have their own abilities to find out the place and deliver the letters.

With this post, I remembered the story of Noah. He also sent a pigeon out to find out if it is safe to get out of the ark. I don't know if messenger pigeons still do live and if ever they are still being used to send and bring back messages. Technology has been so modernized and people can't wait for a pigeon to get messages. All they need is to just use their modern gadgets and hands to get instant messages.

I think that sounds really cool and I'd love to get a chance to try it out but for now all I have is internet and phone and it's not that bad. Another interesting thing I'd like to try is sending a message in a bottle. Probably nobody would ever see my message in a bottle but it would be interesting to see somebody find it.

I do not have a thorough scientific explanation on that one. All I know is that it is one of nature's wonders. It has something to do with signals I think. Yesterday I just read about migratory birds who can travel thousands of miles away from their home and still get back, even when they haven't been to that destination before. Amazing, isn't it? It is something that most aviation engineers envy about them, because only birds can do that.

hi! a very good discussion! i think some people still use the messenger pigeons to send msg's to their relatives and friends, but in only few places in the world, which are too far from the places where there are phones and PC's. Here in my country there are many "pigeon fans" if I can call them so, who make pigeon expos every year in different countries and they release their own pigeons from example from Spain, and the pigeons come back to Bulgaria. I think they orientate themselves using the magnetic fields of the Earth.

Messenger pigeons have an innate sense of direction, but also have been selectively bred to enhance their homing ability. They like their own nests, so sending messages by them works when the sender has the receiver's pigeons. Or something like that.