Rake or Ramble?

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Basically the two words mean the same thing. Rake is a more modern word,
but the word ramble can be found in many of the older publications. Also, I
believe that "rake" is more commonly used with tipplers while "ramble" is
more of a term for when homing pigeons do bascially the same thing. Sort of
like the terms "kit" and "stock". Same thing really, but used by different
types of pigeon keepers.

These words mean that the birds will go out of sight for a while, return
over the loft and hangout for brief periods before their interest takes them
again in a new direction at which they will disappear from view for another
period of time. The direction they return is often not the direction from
which they disappeared. They have a habit of not only heading out radially,
but circle about as they go so that they can end up returning from another
direction and often at a different altitude.

Michael J Beat
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Submitted by M J Beat on 2/16/2012 3:53:50 PM