Waiting for breakfast

[sunshine]

Messy birds!!!

[luvtimes]

Good pic... Those piegeon..
Whew!

[takncarabizniz]

We have mourning doves that look similar.  I always wondered if they were just a fancy name for pigeon.

[sunshine]

To me, they are just pigeons aka poopers.

[emilyB]

We have the gray/white doves and they keep up a constant drone.  I'm wondering what turtle doves look like - they are all part of the pigeon family.  When I was a little girl the most exciting thing was to go to London and feed the pigeons in Trafalgar Square.  It was a birthday party choice once and I went with my friends and then on to Lyons Corner House, a lovely restaurant that had great desserts. We were all given pennies so we could buy bags of pigeon food and we could hand feed them.  They were always crowds of pigeons all over the Square and many perching on the big statue of Lord Nelson, when he won the Battle of Trafalgar. 

[emilyB]

There are still tons of pictures and info online.  I guess there is even a campaign going to 'save the pigeons of Trafalgar'.

[luvtimes]

Wonder what is the pigeons natural predator...just wondering....lol

[sunshine]

Doesn't look they have a predator.

[bluespower]

The natural predator of the pigeon, for example, is the peregrine falcon, a bird that can achieve speeds of up to 200 miles per hour in a dive and one of the few birds that has the speed and the manoeuvrability to outpace and catch a pigeon in flight.



the peregrine falcon is not really an effective predator in an urban environment.

i'm sorry to say the best control of city pigeon overpopulation is carefully directed poison.