I don't know what to do, this totally sux, it's really mundaine, input, SVP.

Indeed.

There’s a spot in pigeon heaven reserved for me and my friends. :slight_smile:

ACK!!!

We just checked and there are teeny, tiny little baby pigeons!!! :):):slight_smile:

They’re SO CUTE!!!

This is really cool. :slight_smile:

Hooray! Baby pigeons! :smiley:

More pigeon info (including bug-related issues) from Dopers.

I didn’t want to say anything before in case you changed your mind, but I’m glad you let them stay. I’ve gotten sorta fond of pigeons myself. :wink:

There are 2 cute little fluffy yellow pigeons in my planter. :slight_smile:

I’m trying to avoid the balconey for a while until everyone kinda chills out, out there. Papa pigeon is pretty relaxed, but mama pigeon takes off when I go out there, and then flys around circling my balcony, basiclly telling me to get lost. When I go back it, she always comes right back to the nest though.

I’m thinking about getting some pigeon feed to put out there…

Baby Pigeons are SOO COOL!

But, I wanted to clear up all the mis-information posted. Most, if not all information on message boards about pigeons are just repeating common myths. Ther is no difference, health-wize, between a pigeon, a dove (pigeons ARE doves) a parrot or a parakeet…
Let me begin by saying I’m a New York licensed wildlife rehabilitator, and I also have pigeons (as well as cats and a dog…).

Pigeons do NOT actually carry any disease that you can get from casual contact. Zootropic diseases are pretty rare, and you’re 700 TIMES more likely to get something from your dog:

“The New York City Department of Health has no documented cases of communicable disease transmitted from pigeons to humans.” - Dr. Manuel Vargas, New York City Department of Health.

“We don’t see pigeon-related-disease problems…” “I don’t think they’re seeing them anywhere…" - Bill Kottkamp, Supervisor, Vector Control, St. Louis County Health Department

“Pigeons do not get avian influenza and don’t carry the virus,” Dr. Cornelius Kiley, DVM, Canadian Food Inspection Agency

“We do have some concern about the indiscriminate killing of pigeons.” “[For example, histoplasmosis disease rates are] misleading and irrelevant, because histo’s so ubiquitous. It’s in the soil, regardless of whether pigeons are around or not…”- Dr. Marshall Lyon, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta

As far as cleaning your sill, NYC’s department of health states: “Routine cleaning of droppings (e.g. from windowsills) does not pose a serious health risk to most people. Some simple precautions can be taken to further reduce direct contact with droppings, such as wearing disposable gloves and clothes that can be washed.”

Feral pigeons do NOT use the same nest over and over… they actually will build a new nest while the young are still learning to fly. It’s only racing pigeons kept in cages that are forced to nest in the same box over and over again. People who race pigeons call the feral ones “klinkers”, and believe they all should just be killed so as not to ruin the “pure” bloodlines of their racers…

Pigeon poop doesn’t actually smell, and can be cleaned with a vinegar solution.

Bird mites and lice do not feed from mammals, they’ve evolved to attach to feathers not hair… Basic cleanliness will keep them away. ALL birds, even pet ones, can and do carry mites to some extent… go to the pet store and see for yourself…

A mated pair will lay 2 eggs. when the offspring are at an age where they can fly, they join the flock, and do NOT come back to the nest for safety reasons. When you see a large flock on a building, there was probably a coop there at some point in the past, and those birds are the descendants of those pets…

The quote “rats with wings” doesn’t come from Woody Allen, But from the head of NYC’s department of parks, who said in 1961 “The greatest problems in the parks today are the immigrants, homeless, and pigeons. They’re all like rats, but at least the pigeons have wings and can fly away”

That being said, they’re a domesticated animal, and are more like feral cats than rats… Remove the food source, and they tend to leave.