Pigeon family

[Victor]

Truly A Breathtaking Picture Worth Saving And I Did Just That! Thank You For Sharing It.

[Victor]

TRULY A GREAT PIC WORTH SAVING AND I DID!~Victor Opps did not mean to repeat.My pigeon Tooter landed on my head and messed my thinking up!

[TerriB]

Since Mr. 'Keet is eating with the feral flock, do you think you could use a box trap to capture him? He certainly is flashy enough to attract attention or a hawk! Good luck with your efforts!

[cyro51]

Hi Kippy,

Here in the UK some parakeets escaped some years ago, I believe there are now around 3,000 feral ring necked parakeets. A strange and colourful sight in this drab country.

Your family looks very happy!

Cynthia

[KIPPY]

I have not seen that parakeet since the day I posted about it. A few months back I saw a blue (same color) parakeet on the ground eating with the pigeons then in the tree chirping. Do you think it could be the same parakeet? I tried to catch it then and it did not work. I find it hard to believe that this guy could survive this long but I really don't know.
I can tell you one thing when he was on the little bird feeder eating he barked the sparrows away. That was his feeder!

No Hawks in the area
just cats and the kids who like to throw rocks.

[TAWhatley]

Hi Kim,

I suppose it's possible it's the same little 'keet you saw earlier in the year. I had three coming to my yard a year or so ago and tried for months to catch them without success, so I know they were OK for at least 5 months or so. Sadly, I didn't see them again afterwards and hope that they found a good home.

Terry

[TBonz]

Here is when I was in Venice, Italy. I fed the pigeons (how could I not?) and I loved when they came and landed on me to get the corn.

[Reti]

Great pic, Tbonz.
Those Venice pigeons surely are friendly.

Reti

[AZWhitefeather]

Many thanks for sharing the wonderful photo.
Looks like you & the pijjies are having quite a time.

Cindy

[BirdDogg10]

Nice photo of the dog with the pigeons. From the way it looks, this has the making of a classic "Sylvester & Tweety" cartoon.

[TBonz]

Update on Luigi, our white pigeon. He's thriving and happy.

He'll come after us if we leave my daughter's bedroom door open. He followed us into another bedroom a bit ago and we put down a towel so he could hop up. He had a good time walking around, cooing at us, giving gentle pecks.

I'm really glad he's in our lives. The daughter is off to college next year, so for at least a year, he'll be my responsibility. Not sure where I'll put him, because I don't want him to be lonesome. Yet he poops WAYYYY too much to go down here in the family room. He has a long (wide) cage for nighttime sleep and those times he has to be in a cage. Like most of my birds, he prefers to be out of a cage and he is out during the daytime and most of the evening.

He's a loving bird. He gets regular pigeon food now, I mix up a batch from various bird store things. Still not sure if he's really a he, or a she, but in the absence of another fantail, I guess it's not really a big deal.

[Victor]

Hi Tbonz,

Thank you for the Luigi up~date. It has been a long time since you posted.

Isn't great how a pigeon CAN become part of our lives. Don't be a stranger here now!

[dekebrent]

Just to add to some comments above about feeding a feral flock in the backyard. I feed a flock of about 40-50 in my backyard, and go through about 40-50lbs of wild bird seed per week. One of the cashiers always smiles when I come through, saying "someone is gonna have some happy birds tomorrow morning."

[Trees Gray]

Originally Posted by dekebrent

Just to add to some comments above about feeding a feral flock in the backyard. I feed a flock of about 40-50 in my backyard, and go through about 40-50lbs of wild bird seed per week. One of the cashiers always smiles when I come through, saying "someone is gonna have some happy birds tomorrow morning."

Derrick,

Thanks for supporting our local feral pigeons.

You gotta be feeding more then 50 ferals a week, I go thru a 50 lb bag of pigeon seed in about 2 1/2 weeks feeding my 50 domestics.

[mr squeaks]

Perhaps Dekebent is more generous with his "servings?"

Hi TBonz - I was going to suggest a Flight Suit (pigeon diaper), but I have NO idea how one would fit a FANTAIL! Wonder if the developers could think up a design??? ALL those beautiful fan feathers - YIKES!

For some reason, I could not access the first pictures posted...maybe later. My computer seemed to have a "seizure" earlier! Had to close down and return...