Indeed he has. Name of Maggie. She appeared a couple of weeks ago, and they’ve been together ever since. Unfortunately, Little Pidgee has disappeared. Not been seen for more than 2 weeks now.
In mid-December, Little Pidgee was actually attacked by a large male pigeon. She flew right to the ledge outside our dining-room window trying to get away from him. May have considered us a shelter. He sort of screamed at her a bit, then left, but her feathers were all askew, and her left eye was closed up. We thought at first it was missing! It was almost dark, and after her attacker left, she flew over to the balcony. Seemed very disoriented and slept here overnight. Thankfully, her eye was okay the next day, and she seemed back to normal. Gave us quite a scare.
Henry had a brief fling with Little Pidgee, but it didn’t last. Dunno why not. But he never chased her away even after it ended and always let her eat. He chases away most other pigeons, males especially. But he’s with Maggie now, and here are some new photos below:
Some new photos below, all taken over about a month’s time, between December 26 and this past Thursday.
First, a few of Henry, all last month. Henry feeding. Henry staring. Three-quarters view.
Then Maggie appeared out of nowhere one day, I think it was Friday, January 15, and has been here ever since, but never at night. She has a black head and breast, but the rest of her is gray, but not light gray, dark gray, with a bit of Little Pidgee wing markings. May be related. And she doesn’t seem to show up as well in photos, I guess because she’s so dark.
If we leave the sliding glass doors open but close the inner screen doors, Maggie often likes to jump up on the ledge between the two and stare inside. Maggie eyes the food bag. (Actually, she’s staring at me, I think.) And taking a stroll.
Maggie. You can see how orange her eye looks in this one. It’s because her head is so black. It gives her sort of a demonic look sometimes, especially when she stares at us, which she likes to do. The wife says it’s like she’s from the Addams Family, so we often refer to her as Miss Maggie Addams. 
(Someone said Henry was a Blue Grizzle, so we often call him Mr. Henry Blue Grizzle.)
Maggie squeezing under the rail. One of Henry in a pensive mood. And Maggie in her best Marilyn Monroe pose. And Maggie again.
Meal time! The couple share a meal. Still eating. And eating still. I took those while sitting before them with the doors open. They still won’t come eat out of my hand, but if I’m very still, they will come close, especially if there’s food on the floor. Henry often has to break off eating to go chase other pidgees away, while Maggie keeps on eating. And a little postprandial nookie. In the designated sex area, of course. That’s Henry at the Moment of Truth; you can’t see Maggie, but she’s there.
And a couple of days later, the loving couple.
Maggie at rest.
A couple of tiny birds have started showing up, taking advantage of the water and the stray seed the pidgees may have missed. We don’t know what kind of birds they are. One of them is here. Henry is feeding on the far right. And here’s a zoom shot of the little guy, but it’s a bit out of focus.
Before Maggie appeared, a very black pigeon showed up and hung around for a week or two. Black black, even the feet. Kept staring at us, and Henry left it alone. We named it Jack, as in Jack Black, or Black Jack. May have been a Jackie, though, as Jack was eventually seen in the company of Marty, and they’ve both disappeared. Henry does tend to not to chase the emales away.
We had to stop putting out a food container. It was getting out of hand. I counted nine pigeons out there one ay, all trying to eat! And Henry was going berserk trying to chase them away, running around like a Keystone Kop. Now we just pour a little food out onto the floor whenever we see Henry and Maggie, and this atrgeted feeding seems to have worked. Much fewer outside pigeons now.
Some “expert.” Sheesh! Never mind that fathers feed, too, and probably more than the mothers. And even if all of that were true, he didn’t say what then. And I’m very sure these very low-paid municipal employees are going to inspect the bills of each and every one of these 10,000 pigeons. :mad:
