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Very young pair of birds
Very young pair of birds
Carrier pigeon chicks, France, during World War I. This photograph shows two pigeon chicks sitting in a bowl. These birds would have been bred as replacement carrier pigeons to take messages from the Front. Pigeon chicks grow very fast and can leave the nest in about 30 days. This pair are very young as their feathers are still sheathed. Pigeons of under a year can race up to 300 miles and olde…
Contributors
- David, British official photographer McLellan
Subject
- Homing pigeons
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Contributors
- David, British official photographer McLellan
Subject
- Homing pigeons
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Rights
- Available under Creative Commons license; Attribution, Non-commercial, ShareAlike
Issue date
- 2005
- 1916 - 1918
- 1916/1918
- 2005
Identifier
- 74548772
Extent
- 1 online resource
Is part of
- http://data.theeuropeanlibrary.org/Collection/a1219
Year
- 2005
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-04-06T12:18:52.192Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-05-31T08:45:39.272Z