I was sick of finding these disgusting (adult) pigeons always sitting on a top shelf that I store empty flowerpots on, so I pulled down the box the pots are in today and discovered–baby pigeons.
Two little, yellow-feathered, totally blind (at least I hope they are–their eyes look like balls of mucus) but fairly sizable baby birds.
I put the box back, and now I guess I’m going to have these disgusting birds around here for a while.
I’ve also had a strange infestation of houseflies the last few days. (Inside my apartment.) There couldn’t be any connection with the pigeon birthing factory and the houseflies, could there? I swatted about two dozen yesterday, after living here for eight years in which I had a total of four or five flies inside the house.
Are they definitely houseflies or do they look a little different? If they are smaller and slightly flatter than houseflies and fly a little differently they could be pigeon flies (Hippoboscid flies) and if so they would definitely be associated with the pigeons. I hate these things, whenever someone brings us a sick or injured pigeon or dove and I pick it up, the darn flies run off and fly right at me. Ick!
It might be a little unusual to have a bunch of them indoors though. If they are regular houseflies it could be possible that there might be a dead baby bird nearby that’s attracting the flies and then they are getting in your house. If a baby dies in the nest the parents would push it out, they can’t really carry it anywhere. Or it could just be all the pigeon poop attracting the flies.