Can't believe I'm posting to a pigeon group (no insult intended), but I have been pulled into the world of pigeons as the result of a couple of birds who have taken up residence in my light well. I live in San Francisco and if you aren't familiar with the "light well" set up, it is basically a narrow, deep space that allows interior windows in multi-story buildings to get some light. For 3-4 weeks this couple has been hanging out around the light well, perching on window ledges, etc. I figured they'd be making a nest soon, and they have ...at the bottom of the light well (with an egg appearing as of yesterday). This concerns me for a couple reasons. A. because it accumulates water when it rains (which it did just a couple weeks ago) and B. it would be very difficult to fly out of. I guess B. is my biggest concern, as I can't image how a
baby bird is going to get out of there. it is a space about 9' x 6' wide and about 30' deep. The adult birds do a really amazing sort of perfectly vertical assent (which I didn't even realize was possible)...but babies? I guess I'm asking in case I need to prepare myself for a bad scene of a
baby pigeon injuring itself trying to get out of there.
29th April 2005, 04:11 PM
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