Hi Shelia,
This years bands are green so it is likely a young homer.
You can learn more on how to care for a lost pigeon at:
http://www.npausa.com/found_pigeon.htm
Also it has info on how to read the band and links to all of the common
banding clubs.
Brett Savage
Ocklawaha, FL
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From: "Shelia" <shelia_c_2000@...>
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Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 1:52 PM
Subject: [AWDRAforum] Molena, Georgia


>I am in the Southeast part of Georgia and love watching birds. A white
> dove has taken up at our house, and I've noticed a green band around
> one leg. It listens to me when I talk to it, and now when I walk
> around on my deck, it follows me around...but it will not let me touch
> it. I feel that this may be one that has been released, but is lost.
> I don't know how to care for doves but it eats at our feeder (or below
> the feeder where the seed falls. I've put out a pan of water as I've
> read they love to take a bath (we have bird baths as well, but it
> hasn't been in either of those). I put some hay in a box and set it
> out on the deck hoping it would try it out (but not yet). It seems so
> lonely and has never made a sound since taking up here. A beautiful
> bird. Hopefully someone from Georgia will see this and give me
> suggestions as to finding the owner, or maybe someone can tell me how
> to get the bird to be more at ease with me so that I can care for it.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.
> Shelia in Georgia
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