March/April 2025

39 – Purebred PIGEON Earring Dewlap - Champion Syrian - Roger Hansen Arabian Trumpeter - Champion AOV - Terry Gier Members of the RBPC - left to right President Colton Friedel, Syrian Pigeons breeder Roger Hansen, Past President Terry Gier and Wyatt Burnside. Photo by Cam Datanagan can fit in with Roger Hansen, haha. Saturday morning we had our club meeting and it was amazing! Great turn out, a lot of opinions were discussed, and business was conducted. On our way home, we stopped at the American Pigeon Museum which was really interesting and showed a lot of parts of pigeon history with the US that I did not know about. Did you know that they would drop pigeons from the sky in these little bomb looking cages so soldiers on the front lines could send messages back to home base? I would like to congratulate all of the winners! Jay Turner had a beautiful Rakvonik Roller that was Champion Rare and Mike Messick had a beautiful Lucerne take Reserve Champion Rare. I hope to see many of you again next year in OKC!• Article and photos used with the kind permission of the author and the RBPC from their quarterly bulletin. Please see their new website at rarebreedspigeonclub.com. RBPC Secretary/Treasurer EJ, Weirich, Roger Hansen, Kyle Metiva