There was a time in which THIS was cutting edge technology in tactical communications. However they had their disadvantages. Their bright plumage made them easy targets to the sharp eyes of enemy.
The solution: Camouflage the birds. As in breed them in in mottled disruptive patterns. Page 81 of the January 1941 edition of Popular Mechanics, has an interesting article on the solution of this age-old problem.
Carrier Pigeons in digital MARPAT Uniforms, who would have thunk it.
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And you can take it from me, you can't eat no PRC-25.