At 12:01 PM 10/22/98 -0700, you wrote:
 
>   Did this (effective) test deter those who would believe in magnetic or
>olfactory navigation?  No, some immediately began to offer excuses (e.g.,
>there must have been an electrical disturbance).
 
All this chat about the science of homing has me confused as our pigeon's
also seem to be except when it comes to hitting my car from high altitude
bombing runs. Anyway a friend many years ago won some BIG, big bucks in a
high stakes pigeon race when everybody's pigeon's got lost or ended up in
someone's pot or belly.
 
Today I read that these same problems has increased at an alarming rate and
tens of thousands racing and homing pigeon's are disappearing in major
races around the world. What's up?
 
Must be sun spots or something but I sure hope our queen bees continue to
find their way home. The drones never have as I guess they have no real
welcome home anyway.
 
ttul, Andy-