The world is on fire, but here's a nice thing.
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The world is on fire, but here's a nice thing. A few months ago, a pigeon laid two eggs under our outdoor furniture on our balcony. We put a camera in there to keep an eye. The eggs hatched, survived, grew up, flapped their wings, and left the nest.
Here's what happened & what we learned.@zackwhittaker Wonderful! Thanks for posting.
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I had no idea that pigeons are so awesome. Sure, they can't build a nest for shit, but clearly they found a place of safety, took care of each other, loved their babies, and did a great job of raising their young. They're smart and resilient. And I'm really proud of them!
Thanks for reading! /FIN.
@zackwhittaker Thanks for chronicling this. I have always wondered about pigeons. I’m really surprised that they nest in the winter! I suppose it’s bird downtime then, but I really thought it was a springtime thing for birds. Now I’m more curious about reptile nesting times.
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I had no idea that pigeons are so awesome. Sure, they can't build a nest for shit, but clearly they found a place of safety, took care of each other, loved their babies, and did a great job of raising their young. They're smart and resilient. And I'm really proud of them!
Thanks for reading! /FIN.
@zackwhittaker They are amazing birds. I read a whole book about them that made me a pigeon defender.
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I had no idea that pigeons are so awesome. Sure, they can't build a nest for shit, but clearly they found a place of safety, took care of each other, loved their babies, and did a great job of raising their young. They're smart and resilient. And I'm really proud of them!
Thanks for reading! /FIN.
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I had no idea that pigeons are so awesome. Sure, they can't build a nest for shit, but clearly they found a place of safety, took care of each other, loved their babies, and did a great job of raising their young. They're smart and resilient. And I'm really proud of them!
Thanks for reading! /FIN.
@zackwhittaker Hey hey, good going pigeon family! I remember back in the last century, I had some pigeons nesting in my barn and got a pic of one of the babies and I swear for a short while it was the top hit for "baby pigeon picture" on google. Now it's all links to stock photos or GenAI images of them. A simpler time!
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I had no idea that pigeons are so awesome. Sure, they can't build a nest for shit, but clearly they found a place of safety, took care of each other, loved their babies, and did a great job of raising their young. They're smart and resilient. And I'm really proud of them!
Thanks for reading! /FIN.
@zackwhittaker I love how they communicate.
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The world is on fire, but here's a nice thing. A few months ago, a pigeon laid two eggs under our outdoor furniture on our balcony. We put a camera in there to keep an eye. The eggs hatched, survived, grew up, flapped their wings, and left the nest.
Here's what happened & what we learned.@zackwhittaker must be AI. Birds aren't real.
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I had no idea that pigeons are so awesome. Sure, they can't build a nest for shit, but clearly they found a place of safety, took care of each other, loved their babies, and did a great job of raising their young. They're smart and resilient. And I'm really proud of them!
Thanks for reading! /FIN.
@zackwhittaker Thanks for sharing this wonderful saga! t brings back memories of when barn swallows nested just under a corner of our porch roof.
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I had no idea that pigeons are so awesome. Sure, they can't build a nest for shit, but clearly they found a place of safety, took care of each other, loved their babies, and did a great job of raising their young. They're smart and resilient. And I'm really proud of them!
Thanks for reading! /FIN.
@zackwhittaker pigeons traditionally built their nests on scrapes (ledges/edges of mountains etc). They never really had to make a really involved nest, just as long as the egg didn't roll away.
Nest construction requires time and energy, hey if it works, it works! -
Brief intermission: Here's one whole minute of a pigeon throwing up into the mouths of its young. This is how they are fed. Baby pigeons have one job, and that is to stay alive. They don't leave the nest until they're fully grown. That's why you never really see baby pigeons out in the world.
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The world is on fire, but here's a nice thing. A few months ago, a pigeon laid two eggs under our outdoor furniture on our balcony. We put a camera in there to keep an eye. The eggs hatched, survived, grew up, flapped their wings, and left the nest.
Here's what happened & what we learned. -
The world is on fire, but here's a nice thing. A few months ago, a pigeon laid two eggs under our outdoor furniture on our balcony. We put a camera in there to keep an eye. The eggs hatched, survived, grew up, flapped their wings, and left the nest.
Here's what happened & what we learned.@zackwhittaker Thank you for this! I love pigeons and think they are just misunderstood. Every time my mum calls them "flying rats" I get all riled up, haha. This was a lovely series of posts. Yay for successful coparenting - helps that they had a kind-hearted landlord throughout all of it.
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I had no idea that pigeons are so awesome. Sure, they can't build a nest for shit, but clearly they found a place of safety, took care of each other, loved their babies, and did a great job of raising their young. They're smart and resilient. And I'm really proud of them!
Thanks for reading! /FIN.
This was a wonderful thread, thank you for sharing this!
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We wanted to keep watch to make sure they were doing OK, while not interfering (because nature, y'know?). We knew nothing about pigeons, but were honored that this pigeon chose our balcony to raise their young, so of course this was fine.
Soon after Birdcam went live… holy shit, it's *two* pigeons!
@zackwhittaker great thread. Thanks for sharing it.
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The world is on fire, but here's a nice thing. A few months ago, a pigeon laid two eggs under our outdoor furniture on our balcony. We put a camera in there to keep an eye. The eggs hatched, survived, grew up, flapped their wings, and left the nest.
Here's what happened & what we learned.@zackwhittaker
Pidgeons are notoriously horrible at building nests. Which is wild since they apparently do the whole baby-process in winter. O.oMaybe it has something to do how widely they were domesticated in a big part of humab history and it fucked some of them up? They got used to having human-made shelters and now they have evolved at being about as good as building nests as a toddler would be at building a house from scratch.
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Brief intermission: Here's one whole minute of a pigeon throwing up into the mouths of its young. This is how they are fed. Baby pigeons have one job, and that is to stay alive. They don't leave the nest until they're fully grown. That's why you never really see baby pigeons out in the world.
@zackwhittaker we also had pigeons on our balcony laying their eggs and raising their babies! The only drawback was pigeon lice, there were dozens of them biting us... We had to call a service to treat everything on the balcony with a special spray (I guess ultra toxic). It was a sad end of our pigeon story... I am not sure I want to do it again this season.
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The world is on fire, but here's a nice thing. A few months ago, a pigeon laid two eggs under our outdoor furniture on our balcony. We put a camera in there to keep an eye. The eggs hatched, survived, grew up, flapped their wings, and left the nest.
Here's what happened & what we learned.@zackwhittaker I loved every bit of this
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@Kleen FYI the awesome and talented Rosemary Mosco is on the Fediverse! @rosemarymosco
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