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Old 04-03-2004, 08:11 AM  
Evelyn
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I have a racing pigeon. Wik has been attacked by hawks 3 times.
twice by a cooper hawk and once by a peregrine.

he is still flying strong, and pigeons can out fly/manuever all hawks if they are in peak physical condition.

The peregrine has the fastest diving speed, which is how they surprise groups of pigeons flying. But if they don't get them with the first shanghai attack, it is likely they will have to draw back and try again later. The racing pigeon has the second fastest flying speed of all birds. They can also fly for up to 16 hours beating their wings constantly, no other bird can do that.

If you have never owned a pigeon or are unskooled in their history with human beings, it is easy to think they are rats with wings.
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