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19th October 2009, 10:33 PM
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Good to know I'm not special. Unfortunately I've got frosted glass from about waist high down in my apartment. I set up a nice mirror system so that I can watch them without them seeing me but they are so sharp, they have cottoned on to it too. Tinted windows would be best. They are so difficult not to watch, especially when the babies are screaming away for food. I must also get a better camera, and wash my windows more often.
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#47
29th October 2009, 08:50 PM
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Well, whether that was George or not whom Henry had his romantic interlude with, she's disappeared. Showed up maybe one more time. But the Girl has been coming around much more, every day now. Still extremely skittish, though. And Henry seems to adore her. He gets all excited when she comes around, coos and dances, so we always know when she's landed nearby on the window frames.
They both took a bath yesterday (Thursday), although not at the same time (no room). He lets her in to eat and clearly is fascinated with her. However, she's rejected all of his advances so far and is plainly here just for the food. Henry has clearly moved in and considers the balcony his daytime hangout. Wish we knew where he slept at night. The Girl, too.
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#49
14th November 2009, 06:00 AM
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New Photos!
 Henry has well and truly settled in. He has his own sleeping spot elsewhere, but he always shows up shortly after daybreak for some breakfast. Sill hangs around a good part of the day. Eats and chases girls, often comically so. It's very entertaining! In addition to the youngish Girl mentioned before, her mother stops by now. We figure it's her parent, because one time the Girl tried to get a feeding from her, and we know she's female because Henry tries to diddle her. We've dubbed her the Pretty One, because she resembles a Jackson Pollock painting, with all of her colors, even greens and purples. We've delayed giving them names until it's for certain they'll stay. Despite his brief liaison with George(ia), she rarely comes around, and he spends so much of his time cooing and dancing in front of the females -- especially the Girl, who seems to be his first choice, but also her mother, the Pretty One -- but they just want to eat and will run from him. Sometimes he leaves them be to eat, sometimes he makes it clear he wants some action. Henry will let any female pigeon stop by but chases the males away. Marty, who turns one year old later this month, is about the only male pigeon that tries to show up, always with Little Pidgee. They'll try to sneak in when Henry is away. Henry considers Marty his his mortal enemy and will attack him immediately upon sight. They've even fought over on the window frames. (I have the impression Henry considers the entire building his, or at least this side.) But he never attacks Little Pidgee; just Marty, while Little Pidgee stands by. Henry always wins. What's neat, too, is when Henry does a patrol of the building. Really. We live in a rather narrow tower, 36 floors but only five units maximum per floor. Sometimes we'll see Henry take off to the left and disappear around the building, and a few minutes later he reappears and lands from the right, having circled the building just for the heck of it apparently. Other times, he flies around out in front of the balcony, gliding gracefully; he really has a good time, So here are some more photos, taken over the past two months: Henry at rest. Nice wing design there. Snoozing in the flower box. He stopped hanging out in the box after we started putting food in there. He still jumped in to eat it but simply stopped hanging out in there. Now we use a food box on the floor, but he's out of the habit. We still have hope he'll find a mate some day and build a nest in there. On the rail. Snoozing in the living room. Note the small food box in the flower box. We tried that for a while, thinking if the food stayed contained that Henry would maybe lounge in the box again, but Henry and the other pigeons always ended up knocking it over, so we finally started putting it on the balcony floor. Henry, the Pretty One and the Girl. Note that mother and daughter are eating. I believe Henry may be dancing here, not sure. The Pretty One. (Henry's off to the side.) This is shot through the screen door, so it's hard to tell her colors, but there are a lot of greens and purples. Mother and daughter. And again. Henry eating. And eating. They tend to spill a bunch out, too. And some good ones of Henry and the Chinese-Thai temple we have a good view of. Henry takes flight. He was on the top rail and started getting nervous about what I was doing with the camera; took off just as I snapped this photo. Then he returned to admire the temple here and here. And a couple of days later, he agreed to pose for me. And of course, you can see all of Henry's photos on one page here. And so that's the pidgee update. Again, Henry has not found a regular mate. He's obviously not spending time sitting on eggs elsewhere during the day, since he spends so much time here. He keeps chasing the girls, who don't want to be intimate with him. And the other pretty white one, the Lady, has never come back, but we have noticed a couple of white pigeons on the mansion grounds next door, and Henry even sometimes joins them to hunt for worms and such; we still think she's his sister. Last edited by Siam Sam; 14th November 2009 at 06:50 AM.
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#52
15th November 2009, 07:26 AM
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Boy, I'm I DUMB. I laughed at myself on that one. I was thinking they had to get approved first like some threads. Thanks Terry. I hope I don't make that mistake again. lol
They were some great pics. Your place looks amazing. And the Henry and the girls are gorgeous. I love catching up with Henry. min Last edited by Mindy; 15th November 2009 at 07:29 AM.
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#53
15th November 2009, 08:22 PM
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Thanks!
We've moved that large food dish into the flower box. No one's building any nests there now anyway, and everyone keeps dumping the food out onto the balcony floor. This food box is larger than the last one we used, more rectangular and fits nicely between the walls of the flower box, and they can't dump it over inside the flower box. The only drawback now that we can see is only one can eat at a time, unless another one peches on the rim and bends way down, which one or two have been doing. In fact, sometimes they do this anyway, perch on the rim instead of eating from inside the flower box. We'll try this for a while to see how it works, but it seems to be helping make less of a mess out there so far.
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#54
15th November 2009, 08:26 PM
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what a beauty!
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#55
15th November 2009, 08:45 PM
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WOW! GREAT pictures!
Beautiful pijies AND beautiful view...a MOST lovely place!! Thank you so much for sharing and keeping us updated!! Sending all our BEST with Love and Hugs Shi/Mr. Squeaks/Dom/Gimie/WoeBeGone 
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#56
18th November 2009, 06:40 PM
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 We thought Henry was trying to go after the Pretty One too, but it was clearly not as serious as with the Girl, so maybe he was just palling around with him. Dunno. But the Pretty One is definitely a male. And THEN, not more than 20 minutes after that, Little Pidgee had sex with Henry! Our balcony is turning into a Bangkok brothel. I saw Marty just a day or two ago, so he's still around. But Little Pidgee has been hanging around with the Pretty One for a few days. Has she dumped Marty? Did she finally figure out he's her son? Is her promiscuity a sign of her grief over Big Pidgee? We approve of her liaisons with the Pretty One or Henry, either one, but we would like to see her eventually settle down with Henry. Would be good to have some more squabs out there.
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#57
19th November 2009, 11:59 AM
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This is crazy stuff. Did they do it in the designated sex area? I hardly ever see my guys doing it, but I think it's more because there is no way I can watch discretely.
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#58
20th November 2009, 05:21 PM
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As a matter of fact, they did.
The wife now is wondering if that really was Little Pidgee, but I'm certain it was her. There have been a couple of other pigeons that resemble her coming by, such as George(ia), but they're smaller and more timid, running from Henry. After 18 months, I know Little Pidgee, and far from running away, she actually seemed to instigate it, BOTH times. In fact, the Pretty One seemed not that interested but agreed to do it after she kept ramming her beak in his.Ah, looking outside now, I see Henry and Little Pidgee are both here eating. Last edited by Siam Sam; 20th November 2009 at 05:31 PM.
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#60
25th November 2009, 05:06 PM
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Well, no nesting is going on. And Henry seems to have just "one-night stands" and has not settled down with anyone yet.
But the mystery of the Pretty One's gender is solved: There are two of them! One must be male and the other female. They both appeared at the same time the other day. Look very similar, but you can see a difference when they're together.
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