On our walk home from the county fair we saw a truck full of pigeons. Curious we went to investigate. Apparently this morning all of the birds should have been released for the North Roads Championship, Thurso race. The pigeons were all kept in drawers open to the outside for air and accessible from the middle of the truck for feeding. Each drawer was labelled with where the birds were from, i.e. where they’d be expected to fly to once released. The driver, Darren, explained that each bird was tagged with a bar-code, which automatically gets scanned when it arrives back home. The time and distance from the set-off point is then recorded so they can calculate a winner. The birds that arrive first over a shorter distance are not always the winners, as a handicap system is applied to help find the average speed of the bird, and gives those with a longer journey an even chance.
Thurso is one of the official starting points for the race series. The driver is responsible for deciding when it’s appropriate to start. The main criteria is the weather, if its raining anywhere on the route this risks the bird diving down for shelter. Too windy and this creates bias depending on the direction. To help make a decision on when to start, Darren will call colleagues along the route for a visual confirmation of the weather. He will use this plus the forecast to decide when to release the birds. With such strict weather criteria I’m surprised they’re able to race as often as they do. Apparently most of these pigeons were in the Shetlands only two weeks ago. Happy flying!
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