A love letter to pigeons

“That man is fortunate who finds in his breast an inexplicable love for them When fortune frowns and when the cares of a harsh or disordered world seem almost too heavy to bearthen the pigeon lover finds in his birds a solace and consolation impossible to describe.” — “The Pigeon,” p. 34,Wendell M. Levi ... read full story

"there was an official pigeon postal service throughout France, and this was expanded between capitals so that a postal service by carrier pigeon between London and Paris was advertised in 1870."