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Serving Metro Atlanta Since 2004

Although our birds are well trained, they will sometimes get lost.

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Rock Doves coming home after a training toss











Our birds are very much loved and cared for and like our children, we can’t sleep until everyone is home safely.
No one will ever be sent on a release if they haven't been trained for the distance or weather conditions.
We have birds that can fly over a 100 miles but we like to keep them within 65 miles so they will have an easy journey home. On beautiful days they may even take the scenic route home.

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Dad I'm Home! What's to eat ?

If you have found a white dove that was lost on one of our training tosses or releases the bird will have two leg bands,
one will have A Dove’s Nest‘s name and phone number and the other will have
a AU registration number.


Please give us a call and we will pick the bird up and bring it home to safety.

If the bird does not have
A Dove’s Nest leg band then click
www.pigeon.org/lostbirdinfo.htm

The AU has a wonderful page dedicated to the care and safety of lost birds.

If you find a dove without a band, then unfortunately A Dove’s Nest or the AU won’t be able to help find the owner. The bird should be treated as a wild dove.

To help us in the quest in keeping birds safe, please don’t hire a dove release company for your event who doesn’t band their birds. This should be the first question asked before hiring them. If they don’t I.D. their birds with a registration number, it’s obvious they don’t care enough to bring them home safely. A plastic colored band won’t help you find the owner. It must have a registration number starting with AU, IF. or the owner's phone number.


 

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We have an exceptional success rate on getting all of our birds home after each release but this doesn’t stop us from having I.D. bands on all of them.

Please don’t buy doves from pet stores to release. Although they make great little pets, they’re not trained for dove releases or have the homing ability to return home When you release them they will be confused and left for prey. This is a cruel way to celebrate a special day or to remember a loved one.


Thank you for caring,
Nancy and Charlie



A Dove's Nest * Dove's Nest Enterprises, LLC
P.O. Box 965282 * Marietta * Georgia * 30066
770-575-0616

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