I have rescued, raised and released many wild birds, among them, feral pigeons. I have had many bond to me as mom, but have encouraged them to leave and eventually have. I live in Israel, not in the city. I rescued Hercules, a
feral pigeon (we think he was a day old). He bonded to me as mom and then at 6 months old, started biting the whole family including me. I though he was getting ready to leave but at 8 months old he chose me as his mate. I tried introducing him to other pigeons, but with no success. He will be 2 years old in August. I was just wondering how common this behaviour was. He does all the dancing, cooing, tail dragging and billing to me and tries to mate with me, to the point of ejaculation. He presents me with twigs or sticks, one at a time, to build the nest. He is extremely possessive and follows me everywhere, even into the swimming pool and shower.
Something else which I though put Hercules above normal, is that he will adopt, sit on and feed any
baby bird which is presented to him. Feeling sorry for him (as he was sitting on anything white which he found on my bed), I presented him with a chicken egg which he successfully hatched (chick was returned to mom). He has successfully nested on and raised two doves which had been rescued.
Has anyone heard of this kind of behaviour?
Hoping to hear from you
Hilary
Israel
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