ID request (Pigeon?)

I have seen many pigeons before but none that looked like this one. I have looked all over the net trying to find a picture of one looking similar to this one and didn't have any luck. I assume it's being tracked, or was someones pet, as it has a band around one of it's legs. Could it be a racing or homing pigeon? Sorry for the poor IQ, I cropped these shots quite a bit in order to bring the bird closer.

Hmm, intriguing, does the band suggest a racing pigeon of some sort maybe?

I was thinking racing pigeon, as stated in the OP, but couldn't find many pictures of racing pigeons. The few I found looked different than this one. The bird seems lost and out of place around here. It just showed up a week or so ago and I've been seeing it everyday.

Maybe this webiste can help.

http://www.pigeon.org/​lostbirdinfo.htm

Newtophoto wrote in post #8024765
I was thinking racing pigeon, as stated in the OP, but couldn't find many pictures of racing pigeons. The few I found looked different than this one. The bird seems lost and out of place around here. It just showed up a week or so ago and I've been seeing it everyday.

Was just thinking aloud really and wanted to subscribe to see what he was too

I can't seem to see another pic of him either, perhaps he's a funny cross-breed. But the owner seems to have cross-bred him with a breed that gets lost

I'm guessing that their plumage is as unique as fingerprints and its identifiable in some other way.

Sorry, googling found this and it made me chuckle

http://www.megagadgets​.nl …medium_Racing_P​igeons.jpg