It seems to be. My father's friends who raised pigeons were all Polish. He liked to take a couple of pigeons up to my aunt and uncle's farm and let them go. Then when we came home, the pigeons were already there. It's uncanny! Of course, we did occasionally eat a pigeon. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mrs. MICK" <mick_joseph@hotmail.com> To: <poland-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 6:00 PM Subject: Re: [POLAND] Stork watching in Poland > > I learned that my great-grandmother's brother who lived in Poland raised > pigeons at least from the 1920s thru the 1940s. He lived in Krakow. Is > raising pigeons a common hobby of Polish men? > mick > >> From: jania1938@wowway.com >> To: poland-roots@rootsweb.com >> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:14:00 -0400 >> Subject: Re: [POLAND] Stork watching in Poland >> >> Can anyone tell me about this stork-watching? Is it something that is >> prevalent in Poland? I'm only asking because my parents, both from >> Poland, >> never talked about this activity. >> >> My father did, however, raise pigeons and it seems that many Polish men, >> here at least, did do this as a hobby. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Debbie Greenlee" <daveg@airmail.net> >> To: <poland-roots@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 3:18 PM >> Subject: Re: [POLAND] Stork watching in Poland >> >> >> > It's already started in Ustron~. The male stork arrived April 3 and >> > the female arrived today, April 10. Though they have been busy >> > clacking (talking) at each other it seems the male has forgotten how >> > to mate. His attempts are not on target, so to speak. >> > >> > It is night in Poland right now so both storks are in the nest. >> > http://www.bociany.edu.pl/ >> > >> > Debbie >> > >> > C Barnes wrote: >> >> My sister is bird watching via hidden camera's. When do the Stork >> >> camera >> > start in Poland. I figured it is Spring???? >> >> ********************************* >> >> >> > ********************************* >> > Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at >> > Poland-Roots-admin@rootsweb.com >> > ---------------------------------- >> > Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list >> > as >> > long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: >> > researching our Polish roots. >> > ---------------------------------- >> > Browse the list's archives here: >> > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots >> > Search the list's archives here: >> > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > POLAND-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> > the >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> ********************************* >> Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at >> Poland-Roots-admin@rootsweb.com >> ---------------------------------- >> Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list >> as long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: >> researching our Polish roots. >> ---------------------------------- >> Browse the list's archives here: >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots >> Search the list's archives here: >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> POLAND-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at > Poland-Roots-admin@rootsweb.com > ---------------------------------- > Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as > long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: > researching our Polish roots. > ---------------------------------- > Browse the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots > Search the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POLAND-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message