So, I don't know exactly how this started, but now I'm obsessed with Rock Pigeons. OK, maybe obsessed is a little strong. I don't go to pigeon fancier's contests or multi-million dollar high-stakes pigeon racing. (Yes, both those things exist.) I don't have a giant wall full of pigeons called a dovecote built into my house, or have an army of fancy pigeons. Despite not participating in all those insane yet real things, I've gotten really interested in these birds. They have TONS of interesting plumages, romantic and social behavior, and over a thousand breeds. In fact, pigeons have possibly been pets before AGRICULTURE even existed. Not only were they pets, but food, fertilizer producers (I'm talking poo-poo), and even prevalently sacrificed in several ancient traditions. In the movie Home Alone, they thoroughly trained 500 pigeons to fly in and out of the background. There are pigeons wherever there are people. And as such an interesting species, my family watches them a lot these days. As you look through this post, you will read that I label them left to right by patterning.
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| Immature Peregrine Falcon |
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| Peregrine Falcon and Tony's® sign |
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| Overstock Center® sure is overstock on Rock Pigeons! |
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| Blue t-check and two blue bars (Rock Pigeon Plumages) |
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| Spread blue, blue bar, blue t-check |
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| Piebald spread blue |
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| Two European Starlings |
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| Coming in hot! Ahhhhhhh! |
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| Blue t-check, flying piebald spread blue, blue check |
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| European Starling and blue check |
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| Piebald blue check |
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| Blue check, dilute blue bar, and European Starling |
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| spread blue and hiding European Starling |
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| Blue bar. Please note the grouse feathering on the foot. Since practically all the wild rock pigeons in the world are feral (truly wild rock pigeons are endangered), Weird domestic traits like this pop up |
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| Blue bar and blue check stretching |
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| Dilute blue bar and European Starlings |
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| Add House Sparrows and a blue check |
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| Three Blue t-checks, blue check, piebald spread blue, hidden grooming blue bar, not hidden blue bar, and blue t-check |
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| Rock Pigeons, European Starlings and House Sparrows |
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| Two blue checks looking at me |
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| Two blue bars and a blue check |
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Rock pigeons and European Starling
The following photos are close-ups of this one |
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| This is not what it looks like |
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| Blue check and two starlings |
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