POLSON n If you happen upon a certain flock of birds flying west of Pablo Reservoir around 6:30 in the morning, your first reaction may be, "What in the heck is wrong with them?" The answer: Nothing.

Sixteen years in and Don Macauley's hobby is still a pain in the neck. The Centennial Hills resident rolls pigeons, a competitive hobby involving training a domesticated breed of the birds to do rapid ...

Rick Schoening and Rich Hayes stood on frozen ground in the rolling hills near Pablo on Wednesday, watching pigeons circling overhead. The birds flew in tight formation, around and around. Then, ...

With names like Kelebec and Bursa Roller, Turkey’s roller pigeons are renowned as acrobats of the air. Breeding them is a national pastime, and its enthusiasts often invest small fortunes. The rollers ...

Tom Jackson cradles a pigeon in his hand and releases it on the ground. But instead of blasting off into the sky, the bird rolls over backward, kicking up dust as it propels itself across the barn ...

Scott Rice hangs out with a bunch of high-flying rollers, but there’s little chance they’ll be a bad influence on him. The rollers are at his beck and call. He has only to whistle and they come down ...