There was, as I recall, a contest in South Africa about exactly this - could a pigeon carrying a USB stick beat a normal file transfer. https://www.reuters.com

There was, as I recall, a contest in South Africa about exactly this - could a pigeon carrying a USB stick beat a normal file transfer. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-safrica-pigeon/pigeon-transfers-data-faster-than-south-africas-telkom-idUSTRE5885PM20090909 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-safrica-pigeon/pigeon-tra...