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Comments about pigeonsThere are 40 comments about "pigeons"
zagg: Just a lil' dish I make for my 7 kids for christmas each year:
Wood Pigeons in Beer recipe
ingredients
4 small wood pigeons
30 ml (2 tbsp) vegetable oil
25 g (1 oz) butter
450 g (1 lb) onions, skinned...... colavitos ghost: the pigeon shots (especially the first one) are so wonderful!
thank you for showing that pigeons can be beautiful.... sally: for health PIGEONS?... Biff: Find two pigeons and
If they're dead,
A bell rings in Allan Gardens...Biff... autumn: fedup - you are right - DOW in US ( Department of Wildlife) has very strict rules regarding racoons. Mine are coming from the Colorado River a mile south. Trap them, take them back to...... elaine: the bird feeding has finally come to an end. the greenfinches continued to feed their little faces long after the insectivores had gone elsewhere for their dinner. however, recently the pigeons have discovered me, and...... jeeff: ew, i heard that canada goose tastes terrible (like pigeons) because they eat lots of garbage. true? i guess that wouldn't apply to rural geese, but these ones look like true city slickers.... jeeff: i should also note that during the trip we saw an improbable number of dead birds. i could have done a series. at one point we climbed up on a roof to photograph...... elaine: amazingly they barely shit there. i told the universe, the day a pigeon turns up the whole deal is off, because once they turn up somewhere they stand around all the time pooing on their...... Tamara: From my limited knowledge of pigeons... they tend to stand on one leg. Atleast the ones that invade on balcony on a daily basis do, except when they're trying to mate, which btw. is loud...... Biff: Wow! That is amazining. We just have song birds, seagulls and pigeons, not that there's anything wrong with that..... joey: i think that the owls and the pigeons are like the sharks and the jets of 'west side story'.... Biff: Wow pigeons are the only birds that are immune to the Avian Flu. Think about it...... Brad: The federal court building downtown installed some speakers that play bird sounds to scare away pigeons. I still see pigeons sitting along the edge of the roof, so I think it's only scaring visitors.... Biff: Are there really 2 pigeons???... elaine: i keep trying to persuade wendy to lure the pigeons onto her balcony so we can get the falconer in. maybe if he lives there i could just move in with him. ... Mitch: THIS IS TRUE:::
It was obviousely a group called WolfClan. They are a gang of people who wear wolftails from their pants and do weird "art" extremes like this. There was WC in my hometown, Chicago...... kc: pretty amazing. love the paired pigeons with those cool cats...not to mention the lamps! there are twos everywhere...like signs to something mysterious...... Biff: I was also there at lunchtime and my camera's batteries were exhausted and I also had no change. So I went to the square and had my peanut butter on rye and fed the...... Catherine Penfold-Waxman: You know, I knew that there was another shoe post somewhere, I was just in a rush to upload them. Has anyone ever witnessed a shoe hanging? Maybe the baby pigeons do it.... Myke: Heh, the pigeons in Manchester, or any British town or city, look exactly like that. They must be really common. I'm hungry.
*Myke sees bagel, leaves computer to make lunch*
... Squirrel: To carry this discussion along an even more oblique tangent:
Do an inventory of all the animals that people consider 'pests': rats, mice, seagulls, raccoons, cockroaches, sparrows, pigeons etc... What do they all have...... Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Elaine, I applaud your desire to be eaten by Magpies. But please wait until you're very old. You're a good friend to the birds.
Elicar, Is that pigeon on waterskis? Great shot.
Metoo, I know a...... Metoo: Damn Pigeons and Seaguls!!! We need a National eradication day. Best Prize for the method that does the least harm to other animals. Lets start a Fund for the Prize...maybe free tickets to the world's...... elaine: i hate to be a snob, but i am glad they don't come to my window box. they are big birds and they like to hang out, and they can do very big craps. evidently...... Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Aaron, yes it is right next to a Toy'r'us and OTB. It's Ebbitts street. My mother-in-law lives there (if anyone feels like stalking or kidnapping her for ransom, be my guest. You'll need a lot...... elaine: pigeons are swarmy. i think this is why they get the vermin card
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... Etc Etc: So the litter was a hamburger and bun? How is that different from people throwing bread crumbs to birds? Pigeons would clean up that "litter" in five seconds flat!... joey: when the earth is empty and devoid of all life, including pigeons - there will still be cigarette butts on the planet's surface... Myke: Pigeons didn't bother me until I saw a dead one on a tram line with a crowd of pigeons around it, one of which was humping the corpse. No, I did not take a photo....... elaine: fresh pigeon, gotta be good, right? except they are dreadful cannibals. this area is massively muslim and the kids all eat halal version kfc, so the streets are littered with dead hen. pigeons eat this....... elaine: yeah, and bill oddie. looks like a peregrine falcon to me too, how very very exciting. they followed a pair with thier ugly chick in a quarry somewhere two years ago on springwatch, it was...... hool: re: pigeon photo. here's a detail view of what the man is pulling out of the envelope. perhaps canadian pigeons are a bit more enterprising.
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... Peter: i love that third photo. as a guy who has birds for pets, i always feel the plight of the pigeons more than your average new yorker, ha.
on a more serious note... after about 3+...... elaine: peut etre c'est le yves klein[[http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=yves+klein&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images]] du milieu des pigeons?... elaine: hum. west end is where the theatres and big shops are and tourists go and the queen lives. not that many people live there, but it would be good to live there if you were...... elaine: i got nature this morning - two different visitors to the banquet in the windowbox. so far no pigeons, the moment they catch on it is over... elaine: strong ##carnivourous## dentes. the bamboo must be very compelling to have distracted from a physiology made for meat.
can pigeons smell? a naughty dog i know, charlie, is very keen on bins and rubbish bags, but...... elaine: it's fab, isn't it? there is a new thing on bbc here started last spring, called 'springwatch' which is just perfect elaine tv. they set up camp in the country with loads of webcams and...... elaine: i am almost sick with pleasure to present to you this weblink;
[[http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/yourlondon/peregrine_falcons.shtml]]
it is a ##live webcam## of peregrine falcons nesting in a tower block in london. it is located near broadcasting house just off oxford......
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