birds reported

what are your thoughts on having birds returned in a box , do you really want them back ?.

Sometimes it worth it yes but most of the time know..I know ybs do mistakes which is fair enough but in my experience I have only ever had the odd one going on to do anything the next year...I know a few have had birds back weeks later and think these birds have done well to come home but most of the time they come home as they have had a fright or so...anyway I drifted a bit there lol but just giving my opinion on both late or list birds

i think there can be different reason a bird comes home in a box...but one thing that troubles me is that some fanciers don't want the bird back, and try palm it off on the finder to save them having to pay 40 quid to get it back.....what makes them think someone else wants to keep their crap...?

be nice to get one reported have not had one reported in 3 years, only 1 found dead in a barn

I once had a yb reported a couple of years ago, it was up near ray somewhere, Newcastle area.....bloke brought me it and said give me a tenner for fuel because he was coming to leeds anyway, just shows there are still some decent pigeon men around eh.

oldstrain wrote:

be nice to get one reported have not had one reported in 3 years, only 1 found dead in a barn

lucky man ?

I always say I don't want it back in a box ,it has to do it itself, or its no good to me .

I remember when it used to be £7 you had to send a finder, and you took it down to the train station.....


bit of a difference paying £45 now.........

yeah I suppose you could say lucky eh steve I would send for a bird out of duty if one got reported or go and get it we did have 1 go down hawked in Hereford we collected that but overnight their cat attacked it in a rabbit hutch it was still alive but wing was beyond repair