Pigeons in Paris
Throwback Thursday to that time I finally fulfilled my goal of catching a pigeon, sort of. Close enough
-AWESOME!! you are lucky!!!
Tag: pigeons
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Since you’re talking about pigeons today, I was wondering if you knew the answer to something that’s been troubling me about them for a long time. Whenever I’m in town, I pay attention to pigeons’ feet, and so many of them seem to be missing toes. How do you think that happens? I live in a very cold country, so I’ve wondered if the birds lose their toes to cold or something? Probably a silly question, sorry!
hey!! not a silly question! the cold is probably a factor in it. birds can lose their toes due to frostbite fairly easily. in cities, they also commonly have string or hair wrap around a toe and cut off its circulation, making it fall off over time. there’s also a few other possible factors:
- attacks from other pigeons or city animals like rats
- injuries in the nest
- infections from dirty environments
luckily, birds can live long and happy lives even with injured feet 🙂
Today, my mum rescued this baby feral dove. It’s really cute and I named it Robin because we already have a pigeon named Batman.
– he’s beautiful!! why did he need to be rescued?
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