{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The Paris Review","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog","author_name":"Oliver Egger","author_url":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/author\/oegger\/","title":"Homeward Bound: On Pigeon Racing by Oliver Egger","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"kYWXotqnrW\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2025\/11\/26\/homeward-bound-on-pigeon-racing\/\">Homeward Bound: On Pigeon Racing<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2025\/11\/26\/homeward-bound-on-pigeon-racing\/embed\/#?secret=kYWXotqnrW\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Homeward Bound: On Pigeon Racing&#8221; &#8212; The Paris Review\" data-secret=\"kYWXotqnrW\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"November 26, 2025 \u2013 \u201cImagine being blindfolded and loaded in a car, then dropped nearly four hundred miles from your house in a random field in rural Iowa and trying to get home before dark. Oh, and not only do you not know you\u2019re in Iowa, you don\u2019t even know what Iowa is. That\u2019s what these pigeons do.\u201d","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/img-0682-scaled.jpg","thumbnail_width":2560,"thumbnail_height":1698}