Small update. Henry’s almost inseparable from his new mate, whom we’ve named Geri. We recently watched Mike Leigh’s Another Year, and the name of the lead female character was Gerri. The wife likes the name, so we decided to use it but in what I believe to be the more traditional spelling of Geri. A beautiful bird. Will have to post photos soon.
Big Red has disappeared, but I’m not sure I suspect fowl (heh) play despite his penchant for misadventure. His visits were starting to become less frequent. Then the last I saw of him was over a week ago. His mate and daughter, Mint and Pinkie, are both coming every day still, and Mint has definitely learned the trick of hopping up into the window to ask for food.
Little Squealer stayed the night last night, and he doesn’t seem to be sick. Ate food this morning. Maybe something will come of that. Cute little guy. A bit aggressive, so we think it’s a male, but awfully small. Not growing at all and still squealing like a stuck pig, although the squealing has toned down just a little.
Since at least yesterday, the Small Pretty One and Ladyboy have been going at it like rabbits in the designated sex area. And they’re getting kinky too, as she’s been the one on top most of the time. Looks like Henry will be getting a new set of grandchildren soon.
We’ve decided that something must have happened to Big Red. Not seen for more than two weeks now, but his mate Mint and daughter Pinkie come here evry day. Mint always seems like she’s watching for him. Poor Big Red. Always prone to misadventure.
Henry and Geri are never here at the same time now, so maybe they have eggs somewhere, although we never saw them doing the deed here. But most importantly, Small Pretty One has taken up with a cute little gray. It was just days ago that he and his (now former?) mate Ladyboy were going at it like rabbits. But this is weird: Ladyboy kept insisting on being on top. Small Pretty One kept maneuvering to try to jump up on her, but she kept remaneuvering to where she managed to be on top. We’re not sure if this newfound kinkiness on Ladyboy’s part has resulted in a break-up (Small Pretty One is a rather old guy after all), or if Small Pretty One has taken a mistress on the side (this is Thailand after all).
Little Squealer is still around and squealing. Quite a character. Just this morning tried to sneak in and grab some food from Henry, then ran flapping and squealing when Henry pecked at him. Little guy is not going to grow bigger or stop squealing and flapping apparently.
I have to say, the insight into pigeon life is certainly enlightening. Looking back to the first post in this thread and up to now, do you see pigeons in a different light? Seeing the different personalities and all?
And again, thank you for keeping us up to date with the pidgees!
Thanks. We certainly do. They were just flying rats before. Now they’re unique individuals with distinct personalities. Clever little buggers they are too.
And Big Red showed back up yesterday (Monday)! Definitely him. Tail all grown back now. First sighting in 2-1/2 weeks. What does this guy get up to? Mint showed up later, and they were being all affectionate. Glad he’s okay. We’ve also seen one or two new Baby Reds lately, and we figure those are theirs.
Big Red made another appearance today, and Mint was being awfully lovey-dovey with him. Little Squealer sleeps a lot, we think he may have left the enst too soon and also been abused somehow. But he eats normally and will even attack others on occasion. Scrappy little fellow.
Saturday morning here, and a new black-and-white showed up. Young. Black and white in about equal measure, sort of a marble pattern. In fact, we’ve already started calling her – for some reason, we think it’s a female – Marble Face. Seems to have folloed Small Pretty One here, so if he’s the father, then Ladyboy is the mother. (There’s not been enough time for him to have squabs with his enw lady.) Incredibly cute, she discovered the water dish, splashed around taking a bath, then lounged over on the green concrete sunning herself dry, slightly kerfluffled out. Small Pretty One did not seem annoyed by her.
There were two new ones actually, the other being a standard gray one, but we think they may be siblings. They seemed to stick together. Could be genes jumping a generation. After a while, it was just the two of them alone out there, so I thought I’d try to slip them a little food. But as careful as I tried to be, opening the door freaked them out completely, and they fled the scene.
But I got pictures of them. Will have to try and upload the photos from my camera this weekend. With the imminent flooding, we may be socked in here, so may have some time.
Oh yeah, we’re fine thanks. I was just out and about this afternoon. Central Bangkok is still dry. No crocodiles ate me. And I picked up some more bird food.
A small update as we wait for the floodwaters to arrive. We’ve stocked up on bird food. Marble Face has decided he – decided he’s a he after he and Charlie started fighting – likes it here but has stopped the baths. Little Squealer has discovered he can bully Marble Face. Small Pretty One has definitely dumped Ladyboy and taken up with a young gray. And Big Red and Mint are inseparable again after his absence; he comes here with her every day now. Wonder what on earth he gets up to.
Still here. The floodwater has not reached central Bangkok yet and may not. Most of Bangkok remains dry. Our normal day-to-day activities do not take me or the wife near where it’s flooding anyway, so we haven’t any seen anything. The only effects we’ve seen are shelves being emptied on supermarket shelves, occasional increased difficulty finding a taxi and cars parked along the Expressway near our place. The wife’s sister is not so lucky though. She lives outside the city, and her house has been flooded. For now, she’s staying in a vacant condo here inside the city that’s owned by a cousin.
The pidgees are all fine. But not only have Small Pretty One and Ladyboy broken up, he’ll do his angry dance at her and chase her away. I blame ehr sudden kinkiness.
A pretty new one we call Marshmallow has appeared. White with brown markings all over, making her resemble a toasted marshmallow. The markings, if you look closely, are rather reddish brown, about the same shade as Big Red’s, so we think she belongs to him and Mint. His looks more red because the markings cover more area.
