I don't particularly like pigeons, and I know a lot of people call them "flying rats". Unfortunately there are a few living on my condo building. When I moved into my apartment, to my horror I found a nest with a young chick hidden behind the aircon unit. I never use the aircon. I couldn't face evicting the chick until it could fly, but the smell from the nest was particularly bad. The moment the chick took its first flight and was steady on its wings, I removed the nest, cleaned the sill and made sure no pigeons returned.
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| young pigeon |
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| mum or dad? |
Any pigeons that land on any of my window sills usually get chased away. My adopted mynas are also quite defensive and chase off any pigeons that come near by. When I returned home from a 3 week trip this month, I found a new nest had been buit behind the airconditioner. I soon removed the nest, and shooed off the pigeon each time it tried to return.
On one occasion I heard a noise in one of my plants, and found a young pigeon had crash landed in it. I think it must have taken its first flight and crashed onto my window ledge. Soon after there was monsoon rain and I hadn't got the heart to chase away the pigeon as it obviously hadn't got the strength to fly. It stayed all night, huddled in a corner. In the morning I gently persuaded it to leave.
The other day a pair of white coloured pigeons landed on my window ledge and I managed to get some photos before they flew off. I don't know where they came from and I haven't seen them since.
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