I'm Dave Cooke from Spencer, Iowa. I have been married to my lovely wife, Donna, for 37 years. We have two sons, Travis and Chad and four grandchildren.

Chad graduated from the University of Northern Iowa and now works for Wells Fargo in Des Moines, Iowa.  He's married to his wife, Shantel, and they have a three year old son, Devon(Pictured: Top Right) and a daughter Skylah (Pictured: Right).

Our other son, Travis, works at US Bank here in Spencer. He has a 12 year old daughter named Ashley and a 8 year old son, Trevor.  Ashley (Pictured: Middle Right), is in the sixth grade while Trevor (Pictured: Lower Right) is in second grade.

I have been a Certified Turf Specialist for twenty eight years and have been raising pigeons since the age of ten. I have had Modenas all of that time except for a few years in the 1970s. The Modenas I have today are a project that I have been developing for twenty years. My main color has always been the White Schietti. The last five years I have been developing a bronze family from my whites and an outcross. If you look at my pedigrees, the bird that is in the majority of my birds is a white hen number 84 that I named Granny. This bird came from Mr. Paul Ober and really took my family of birds to the level it is today.

With strict breeding techniques and proper mating, I can tell what will come out of a pair of my birds. I love to have the nice frontal with a bull neck and gate post legs. There is not a bird in my loft that doesn’t have the majority of these features.

I am also a ham radio operator with an Advanced ticket. This is just a little about our family and my birds. I hope you enjoy the site.