A lot of people, perhaps most people, treat pigeons as pest and vermin. They don’t like the fact that they defecate. They don’t like the fact that there are lots of them. They don’t like the fact that they are successful. Humans don’t like other animals to be as successful as them. And on the …
Pigeons are great. Don’t treat them as pests and vermin Read More »
Pigeons are smart. Yes, they are maligned and shot at and generally despised but they are still smart. Generally, people are ignorant about their intelligence. Perhaps people tend to hate pigeons because they use their smarts to survive and this irritates humans. They are one of the very few animals that are self-aware (with help) …
Intelligent pigeon learns to use a squirrel feeder (video) Read More »
This is the strange story of a pigeon who had been abused by young people in a public house in Nottingham, UK. No doubt the pigeon had arrived to pick up some food and the abuse started. Hannah Hall, an NHS worker, then turned up at the public house, the Rose and Crown, and sat …
Pigeon in a pub adopts young woman and they go home together Read More »
Mike Tyson, 55, the ‘baddest man on the planet’, is known for his love of birds. He cared for them while growing up in New York. He revealed that he knocked out a bin man when he was a youngster of 10-years-of age because the man had thrown his dead pet pigeon in the bin. …
Mike Tyson’s girlfriend killed, cooked and ate one of his pigeons Read More »
In a race from Peterborough to the north-east of England, it has been estimated that 40% of the 9,000 pigeons taking part have failed to return. Ian Evans, chief executive of the Royal Pigeon Racing Association (RPRA) said that they quickly knew something unusual had happened: “I’m 45 and have kept pigeons since I was …
Unprecedented phenomenon: thousands of racing pigeons have not returned home Read More »
I have bifold doors leading to my garden. I sit in bed in my living room (yes!) working on my website looking out into my garden. I feed the squirrels. They chuck some of their squirrel feed onto the ground where pigeons feed on it. And these pigeons very rarely but also very noticeably and …
Bifold doors can harm birds when they fly into them Read More »
I’ve used the word “confident” in the title. I need to be a bit more precise in describing what happens to a pigeon’s mentality when you add weights to their legs. It sounds bizarre but this is what researchers did. They wanted to test whether pigeons who were heavier than other pigeons became more confident …
When pigeons feel heavier they are more confident Read More »
Today, as usual, I went up to the corner shop at about 6:30 in the morning to buy my newspaper. When I came back I noticed a couple of pigeons on top of a wall. They were clearly courting. They appeared to be in love. It was obvious to anybody that they were going through …
People unnecessarily disturb a couple of courting pigeons Read More »
Never criticise the humble pigeon again, please. The pigeon is considered a pest by many. I see them as having rights like any other animal. They are smart and wonderful navigators. And in this instance a driver in Berlin escaped a speeding fine because at the precise moment the camera snapped the car a pigeon …
Driver avoids speeding fine because flying pigeon obscures his face Read More »
