Pigeon: Real Radio

Poet: Brook Emery

Poem: Proof

Parent: 2SER 107.3 FM

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Real Radio

(grizzle hen)

Weight: 459g

Date of birth: Friday, April 14, 2006

Wingspan: 64cm

Parentage: Both parents have the intermix of black and white colour on the same shaft and all the family shares a purple-esque barbule suggesting early links to the Dragoon Witch Pigeons. Fanciers report that when this pigeon gets in a flutter it creates a purple haze in the Loft making other pigeons feel in the presence of a Spirit.

Reading habits: King James Bible (Old Testament) - Genesis 15:9 "And he said unto him Take me an heifer of three years old and a she goat of three years old and a ram of three years old and a turtledove and a young pigeon". (This pigeon also co-authored, I am not a dove: marital arts for homing pigeons.

Languages spoken: Hebrew, Wave

Medical history: Inflated nares (nostrils) lead to slight respiratory complications such as carbon dioxide overload that has led to a weakening of the air sacs.

Dietary requirements: Birthday treat is 'fancy pigeon mix', with popcorn, baked clover seeds and chopped garlic. Gastric upsets noted due to toffee apple shards lodged in bird's intestinal tract (unrecoverable).