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·Hi,
I have a young pigeon hanging around in my courtyard in Melbourne, Australia. He has been here for about a week now, maybe longer. He mostly sits in his corner behind a tree trunk fluffing his feathers up and looking fat. He wanders around a bit but doesn't really fly, except when I tried to catch him half and hour ago and he flew up on to the fence (seemingly easily). But I have seen him try to fly before and crash into the roller door.
I figure that he is young because his eyes are black and he is small (but not tiny - i thought he was normal size until an adult pigeon flew into the garden). He doesn't have any apparent injuries - his wings look good when he stretches them out. I'm not sure if he is eating and drinking - i put some water out and some handfuls of museli but i haven't seem him eat anything. I don't know if "he" is male or female.
One more thing - when an adult flew into the garden today the little guy got awfully excited, trembling and shaking his wings (i thought he was having a fit!) and he ran at the adult and began pecking at its beak (?wanting food). They looked like they were wrestling for a while but the adult shook him off and eventually flew away.
What do you think is going on with my pigeon and is there anything i can do to help him (if he ever comes down off the fence)?
I have a young pigeon hanging around in my courtyard in Melbourne, Australia. He has been here for about a week now, maybe longer. He mostly sits in his corner behind a tree trunk fluffing his feathers up and looking fat. He wanders around a bit but doesn't really fly, except when I tried to catch him half and hour ago and he flew up on to the fence (seemingly easily). But I have seen him try to fly before and crash into the roller door.
I figure that he is young because his eyes are black and he is small (but not tiny - i thought he was normal size until an adult pigeon flew into the garden). He doesn't have any apparent injuries - his wings look good when he stretches them out. I'm not sure if he is eating and drinking - i put some water out and some handfuls of museli but i haven't seem him eat anything. I don't know if "he" is male or female.
One more thing - when an adult flew into the garden today the little guy got awfully excited, trembling and shaking his wings (i thought he was having a fit!) and he ran at the adult and began pecking at its beak (?wanting food). They looked like they were wrestling for a while but the adult shook him off and eventually flew away.
What do you think is going on with my pigeon and is there anything i can do to help him (if he ever comes down off the fence)?