It’s late on a Saturday morning in the San Fernando Valley neighborhood of Pacoima. Standing in his backyard, Will Stenhouse releases a group of 20 pigeons into the sky. Suddenly, half a dozen birds ...

POLSON n If you happen upon a certain flock of birds flying west of Pablo Reservoir around 6:30 in the morning, your first reaction may be, "What in the heck is wrong with them?" The answer: Nothing.

Tom Jackson cradles a pigeon in his hand and releases it on the ground. But instead of blasting off into the sky, the bird rolls over backward, kicking up dust as it propels itself across the barn ...

World Cup Roller Pigeon judge Dan Galarza with the new world champion, Riaan Kruger. In a display of skill, patience, and mastery of the skies, Riaan Kruger has claimed victory at the prestigious ...

Retired from U.S. Tsubaki in Holyoke, Maywald lives in the house on Greenmeadow Lane in Granby where he lived as a boy. His parents sold the home to a Chicopee couple, and he bought it back in the ...

First thing Bobby Wilson tells visitors is please, do not pre-judge his pigeons. "These are not rats with wings," Wilson said. "That's why I want you guys to see 'em perform." CBS News correspondent ...

• What: National Pigeon Association 2013 Grand National Show and Convention. • Where: Hilton Vancouver Washington, 301 W. Sixth St. • When: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. • ...

Scott Rice hangs out with a bunch of high-flying rollers, but there’s little chance they’ll be a bad influence on him. The rollers are at his beck and call. He has only to whistle and they come down ...

KETCHUM — Rats with wings? Dirty birds? Calder Zarkos doesn’t like it when people refer to his pets that way. “These pigeons are cleaner than the city birds,” said the 14-year-old Ketchum boy, who has ...

Tom Jackson cradles a pigeon in his hand and releases it on the ground. But instead of blasting off into the sky, the bird rolls over backward, kicking up dust as it propels itself across the barn ...