HAVANA – It may be a tranquil day on the streets of the Cuban capital, but up in the sky it's an avian war zone. Pigeons lovingly raised and trained in rooftop pens are turned loose across the city.

Over time, Cubans made it their own, mixing the imported European birds with the local flock to create what’s now known as the Cuban pigeon. Its bulging neck sets it apart from the everyday ...

Apparently Cuban pigeons are quite fast and are part of an underground racing pigeon community. Who knew? Blanco almost exclusively catered to the racing pigeon crowd in his store, El Morrillero.

With this knowledge in mind, Riley spent four years researching and then eight months training 50 pigeons for missions to travel from Cuba and bring ... and even the “pigeon loft” itself ...

Pidge doesn’t need a green card, but he does need a lot of care and that’s exactly what this special pigeon from Cuba is getting in Bonita Springs. Tiffany Liles was watering a tree in her ...