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Sporting Goods: Winging It To Victory

Competitive pigeon racing isn't just for the birds.

Sports coverage tends to focus on major league teams, but every day in Toronto people make fun (and sometimes wacky) activities an important part of their lives. Sporting Goods looks at some of these. Imagine being a disciplined, competitive, and thoroughly dedicated athlete with a knack for aerobatics, adhering to a strict diet and training [...]

Duly Quoted: Charles Walcott

"It may have been a fluke the first time...and then the pigeon said, ‘Well, that's a neat way to get around."

Here Is A Video of A Pigeon Riding the Subway

Pigeons: they’re just like us! The video above—turn the volume up so you can hear all the ambient noise—was shot by Elaine Georgolios earlier this month on a TTC train arriving at Runnymede Station. We won’t spoil the ending other than to say that it is one of the most suspenseful, and then triumphant, testimonies [...]

Don’t Get Your Feathers Ruffled

On Sunday, Stilleposters were in a flap over what was perceived to be a cruel method of deterring pigeons being used at the TD Bank at Dundas and Ossington. Lara Williston posted photos of the location’s façade, which appeared to have some pigeons’ feathers stuck to it, followed by photos of a pigeon sitting on [...]

Wild Toronto: Pigeon

Wild Toronto is a new bi-weekly comic strip about the animals and plants that make a living in our city. Rosemary Mosco of Birdandmoon.com makes the comics, and would love to hear your suggestions (in the comments!) on wildlife to be profiled.