# I saw one!  I saw a pigeon nest!

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [August 4, 2003, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-one-i-saw-a-pigeon-nest/192914 "2003-08-04T16:04:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Khan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3ab097/32.png) [@Khan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khan)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-one-i-saw-a-pigeon-nest/192914/1 "2003-08-04T16:04:11Z")

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[The Column.](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_015b.html)

A search on the topic brought up a topic only as recent as April, 2001, so I thought I’d start a new one.

I saw a pigeon nest on top of and behind a backlit sign for a parking garage at an office complex. They really ARE “small, flimsy nests, barely large enough to hold Mother Pigeon’s usual two eggs.” The pigeons sit in there pretty awkwardly too; the one I saw looked like it was about to fall out.

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**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-one-i-saw-a-pigeon-nest/192914/2 "2003-08-04T17:46:16Z")

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For a while there was a pigeon’s nest on the balcony of my parents’ apartment. I could stand right next to it any time I wanted, and could easily touch the mother if she hadn’t gotten all agitated. She would stand and face me aggressively, and then I could see the eggs.

Ed

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-one-i-saw-a-pigeon-nest/192914/3 "2003-08-07T18:14:58Z")

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I’ve seen two pigeon nests on my balcony. One was basically a pile of twigs. The other was just a pile of dried pellets of their droppings. Nature can be so beautiful.

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**Author:** ![MC\_Master\_of\_Ceremonies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@MC\_Master\_of\_Ceremonies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MC_Master_of_Ceremonies)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-one-i-saw-a-pigeon-nest/192914/4 "2003-08-07T22:15:24Z")

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There’s a wood pigeon nest somewhere on my roof.