Here's a great video from Freddie Rivera at the 2007 AU Convention outside of Detroit, MI. Special thanks to Freddie for letting me tape his presentation. If you get a chance to listen to one of his presentations, I highly recommend it, as he is very knowledgeable and loves to talk with fanciers about racing pigeons.

FEATURED VIDEO - A great short video of the world famous Leo VanRijn of Holland, talking about his pigeons. Leo bred and raced the world famous "King" and "Keiser" birds from his fantastic Janssen family of birds. A big, big tip of the wing to Leo and his partner, Jeroen Meeder, for their kind invitation to allow me to videotape their office, lofts and each other.

Here is the website of our great friends, The Oostlander Family. Bert and Wendy are both the kinds of people that this sport could use more of. Knowledgeable, dedicated, true fancier in every respect of the word, and good, hard working business people, as well. Take the time to visit their site, and you'll be glad you did.


Here's a terrific link for some champion quality birds from the European operation of Bert's. His auction website has pigeons for sale that are second to none on the internet, and a true variety of pigeons from true champion families.

Another good friend, Jan de Wijs Jr., has a terrific site if you like the excitement of bidding on pigeons through an auction site in Europe. View his sale birds at the following link:



Here's a timly video on why we build our lofts so carefully. Something to think about as you go about "fixing" those things in your loft that need looking after, now that racing season is over.