[Ivy Lucille]

Well, my husband knew of a gentleman from our area that raises pigeons. He thought homing but as it turns out he raises Racing Pigeons. We took some pictures over to him and that is what my visitor is. He said it is a young one most likely between 8-12 weeks old. He said it most likely should not have been in a race because he is either sick or injured. He said it looks like a hawk might have gotten a hold of him. I don't think he is to hurt because yesterday he was walking on the rail of our pool for a while-obviously looking for a drink but our water level is too low for him to reach. He said to put out some hard corn and a dish of water and the bird would find it. I don't remember if I mentioned that the first time I saw this bird he was flying right at me and scared me to death! This guy said he was doing that because he is hungry.

It was exciting to hear him talk about this and to learn what kind of bird it actually is. He also said that it would most likely leave in a few days and go home unless it fell in love with me. :P