September 16, 2015
by Elizabeth
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Guest Post by Xavier Heydt Xavier warms & comforts rescued baby pigeon Elma On Monday, September 7th I received a message from Palomacy’s founder, Elizabeth Young. She was asking for help to find and rescue six baby King Pigeons that had been … Continue reading
July 2, 2015
by Elizabeth
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Palomacy volunteers like Steph Fries share their talents and expertise so generously to help us help the birds! On June 8th, I received this message from Steph: Hello again, Elizabeth! I was thinking about how you were saying that Palomacy … Continue reading
June 12, 2015
by Elizabeth
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Our largest foster aviary, the Wulf Aviary, always housing 24 pigeons and sometimes surging to 28, has been an incredible, life-saving asset to Palomacy for almost five years. Foster volunteer Linda, who was new to pigeons when she began and … Continue reading
May 20, 2015
by Elizabeth
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We had a great time on the lawn of the State Capitol representing for birds, catching up with old friends and making new ones. Thank you to the ASPCA for including Palomacy in their California Paws for Celebration and special … Continue reading
May 11, 2015
by Elizabeth
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Guest post by Laura Lee Sunshine took our world by storm. On a frigid Canadian winter’s day, Sunshine was rescued by our special friend Bob. How something so sweet could be found alone in a garbage can, I will never … Continue reading
May 6, 2015
by Elizabeth
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The Hayward Animal Shelter cares for and rehomes thousands of animals every year and on Saturday May 6th, we spent some time there getting to know their pigeons and helping their staff to do the same.
April 27, 2015
by Elizabeth
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This young pigeon, now named Vivian, is extremely lucky to be alive. She was bred to be used for pigeon racing. Taken miles from her home and “tossed” to her fate, she tried her best to fly home. But she … Continue reading
April 25, 2015
by Elizabeth
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On Saturday, April 25th, 2015, Cheryl hosted her seventh Garage Sale Fundraiser for Palomacy! Since the first one held in April 2012, she has collected, stored, organized, sorted, stacked, displayed, sold, repacked and transported donated treasures that have raised $7000 … Continue reading
March 17, 2015
by Elizabeth
Comments Off on Josie: An Almost-Survivor of Pigeon Racing
March 12, 2015 It was 5:15 and I had just finished up a presentation about pigeons to a youth group at the Marin Humane Society. I checked my email before heading to my next appointment (a care consult for a … Continue reading
March 17, 2015
by Elizabeth
Comments Off on The Beauty in the Birds
On a chill night, I put three pigeons in my car and headed east from San Francisco to an Oakland photo studio. Palomacy volunteer Jill did the same except traveling west from her home in Sunol. We met at Nuena … Continue reading