Is it true that pigeons can send letters?

Yes, Carrier pigeons (or 'Homing pigeons') were often used to deliver messages in the late 19th century and early part of the 20th century. But they can only deliver to one address: their home roost. read more

Pigeon fanciers drive their pigeons to the starting location of the race, and record the time it takes for them to return home (hence “Homing pigeon”). Some interesting facts: -Homing pigeons have be known to find their home roost from over a 1000 miles away. read more

Pigeons and many other birds has this innate ability to find their way back home (Using some sort of mapping technology based on the magnetic field of earth), and that's the reason"Homing pigeons" were extensively used since ancient times , and even during the world war 1 and 2, for delivering messages. read more

The homing pigeon (one of its ancestors was a breed called the"Carrier pigeon" - because it used to also carry messages) is a totally different bird and is, in fact, a totally different species from the passenger pigeon, which got its name because it was a bird of"passage" or migration. read more