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Columba livia domestica
Estos palomos están pintados de diferentes colores para ser identificados en las competiciones deportivas.
Granjas
La colombicultura es un deporte ecológico en el que los palomos son admirados y puntuados tanto por su belleza, en el caso de los “palomos de raza”, como por su habilidad en el vuelo y persistencia en el cortejo de la hembra, los llamados “ palomos de pica”. http://www.colombimurcia.com/ Monteagudo, Murcia
Spotted on May 9, 2011
Submitted on May 9, 2011
6 Comments
Lovely
Beautiful bird!
Dear Alice, thank you so much for your kind comment. The earthquake struck Lorca, a town 50 miles from home, where 8 people died and caused a lot of damage. My nephew's house has fallen down but fortunately he wasn't in. In the city of Murcia where I live we only felt the shaking. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Lorca_...
Isabella, I just heard about the Earthquake in Spain! Are you all right? Was it near you? I never got to tell you that I sent your video on Pigeons to him as he is very much interested. This grandson is the one holding the Screech Owl in a snowstorm, Caleb.
Hi Luc, these variety of pigeons are also gray or whitish but the owners paint them so that they can recognize them when they are flying in pigeon racing. Have a look at this site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homing_pige.... And thank you for your interest and comments.
Oh! what a beautiful specimen of pigeon, I had never seen with colors like that :) They are very beautiful , here they are just gray or whitish .