Bird Love explores the diverse range of family relationships in birds around the world in fascinating detail.

"The must-have guide for anyone passionate about keeping, breeding or racing pigeons." -- Cover

The Pigeon Minds - is an overview of my Learning and experience in the field of endurance flying pigeon competitions in the southern part of India. The long-time flying pigeons are energetic champions of fascination that motivates its own fancier to continually engage in the breeding, rearing and training of pigeons for long flight. This hobby brings a lot of benefits to the fancier if it is taken care in a proper manner. It enhances psychological wellbeing, reduce life stress and act as a stress buster, most of the times. But if not taken properly, it itself becomes and addiction and a stress creator. A lot young fanciers are coming into the field with little knowledge and often struggle to fly their birds even for a matter of hours.

Jim Emerton bred and raced birds for 40 years and had birds return to the loft from as far as 879 miles away. Now in retirement from active racing, he devotes his time and energies to sharing his experiences, his observations and his expertise with the rest of the fancy. Here in one volume is a comprehensive collection of his thoughts about pigeons and pigeon racing, ranging from short pieces originally written for the leading fanciers? magazines to full-length articles and interviews. What unites us in principle is the common good of the sport, and with this in mind I do what I can for others ? it all oils the cogs of the sport. Some will see me as a know-all, yet I am a quiet little man making my mark, that's all. What is true is that I have made a life study of pigeons, and as a teacher I like to impart knowledge and experience? My aim is purely to tell it as it is to me, and if this is illuminating to others, then so be it.?

Paddy is the only son of perhaps the most famous pigeons in all of England. In somewhat unusual circumstances, he finds himself alone, on a journey of self-discovery, on the wintry, unforgiving streets of London. His destination? Trafalgar Square, aka pigeon paradise. It should be fairly easy, especially for a bird, but when Paddy accidentally steps on a Eurostar train, he's whisked off to Paris. If he ever makes it home, will he live up to the successes of his parents? Will he find paradise? Will he become his own bird? Expect lots of absurdly unexpected birdy behaviour: cooking, philanthropy, fashion design, with a dash of romance, a helping of skullduggery, and, perhaps more expectedly, copious amounts of birdpoo. A great read for young and old alike. Check out callumpbrown.com for the audio edition.