BRISTOL — On a warm breezy May afternoon, Cass Witkowski, lifted an 8-day-old homing pigeon from its nest in Shamrock Loft — the name he has given his backyard coop behind his Bristol home — and ...
Today, some countries still maintain pigeon lofts. Britain's Queen Elizabeth keeps 160 mature pigeons and 80 young birds in her Royal loft, according to the official website of the British Monarchy.