Post Your Pigeon Photos💜💜
Hi everybody
We’ve created this pigeon post for @Albus_Scope who always had the best pigeon stories and photos. I feel like pigeons were drawn to him and anytime I see one now, I will always think of him!
Albus rescued poorly pigeons and helped them get back to health and able to go back into the wild so I think that shows the type of caring person he was.
So please post your best pigeon photos below, we would all love to see them 💜
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This is the cat known in our house as Big Fat Cat (BFC) and a very nervous pigeon friend. No pigeons were harmed that day, BFC is far too fat to catch them.
And here is Gregg. We rescued Gregg last year after he flew into a window at… Greggs. After a few days rest and recovery with the local pigeon rehab lady he was well enough to rejoin his friends in the wild.
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Thats beautiful oh im so sad to hear this so sad he helped so many of us i will miss him dearly he was special kind of person very rare these days 😢
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That's a lovely poem @Bluebell21, thank you for sharing 💜
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That's beautiful @Bluebell21 😊 Albus would love anything at all to do with pigeons.
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My husband has seen how hard Albus' death has affected me and he brought home this little guy. I've named him Albus and we're already thinking of Halloween costumes for him!
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just left some training and have been greeted by the most pigeons I’ve ever seen in my life! There were even more than in the picture!!
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Amazing @Mary_Scope! I definitely see pigeons differently now 😊
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Update….A man just dropped some seed on the floor and now it’s every pigeon for themselves
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Myself aged 16 with pigeons in Piazza San Marco, Venice. Not great as they're photos of slides (that's how long ago they were)!
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Thats a sign
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What great pictures @chiarieds! You're braver than me 😄
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Update….A man just dropped some seed on the floor and now it’s every pigeon for themselves
Mary, he's an animal lover! Birds eat fruit, grains, nuts and insects - not the white bread people feed them.
White bread is harmful to birds in the winter because it swells in their stomach so they feel full and don't search for food which will keep them warm.
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I thought you might like an extract from a post from "-albus's" sister.
One of his legacies is the fact I have a pigeon called Rumi living in my bedroom. I have no idea whether anything is actually wrong with her but -albus- found her huddled by our back door and was insistent we bring her inside. She's been here about ten days now and just seems to love being inside and getting nuts and seeds on demand. On Friday, shortly after -albus- died, I left all the windows open so his soul could leave. Rumi stayed firmly attached to the big pot he'd given her.
Then again yesterday I left the window open to see if she would want to leave. Instead I ended up with a second pigeon in my bedroom, which -albus- would not only have found f****** hilarious, he'd have been actively encouraging.
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Thank you so much for sharing that @MrPenguin. We heard a lot about Rumi and wondered how she was doing. I love that there's a second pigeon now 😂 Does the second pigeon have a name yet?
I hope you're coping ok. We all miss him terribly.
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Lovely story, thank you for sharing. Rumi staying, the second pigeon arriving, it’s like the universe giving you a quiet wink from Albus, saying “I’m still here.”
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Thank you so much for sharing this. Please convey my sincere condolences to Albus' family and friends; he is very much missed.
I've just tried to take a photo of my visiting pigeon but he flew away. He'll be back, just taking this out that I put
out earlier. Plus my 'collision stickers' which are on all my windows since two birds were stunned after flying into my windows (they were fine and did fly away).
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Here's a photo of some pigeons, rock pigeons, and a magpie that divebombed my garden after a bird feeder (advertised as being for 'small birds') was hung from the apple tree. Within a day the magpies and pigeons had worked out that they could fly sideways at the bird feeder to knock it to one side so all the seed fell out, then the pigeon posse would gobble up all the seed from the ground. Clever little blighters, I had to laugh they are so cheeky. I think it would have amused Albus too.
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My late grandfather had pigeons from he was 3 years old, then lifelong, as kids we went into his loft v often. I think it started my love for birds. He'd also canaries budgies and hens also dogs. He was an animal lover like myself. So I think he'd great influence on me. He lived to 86,I miss him terribly. We'd often chat about my birds, my dogs and my wee rescued furries.He was a great man. (Not my photo,just loved it though)
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Thank you for posting that @MrPenguin, we loved hearing Albus' updates about Rumi and it really made me smile to think about her inviting her friend in for the free snacks. Hope you're coping okay 💜
So lovely to see how many of you are embracing the pigeons in your garden too. There's a particularly chunky one in my garden that I keep trying to take a picture of but he's still a bit wary of me at the moment. Hoping to gradually gain his trust with some extra seeds 🤞
Your grandad sounds like a lovely person @Doglover2, I'm really sorry he's no longer with you but it sounds like you're doing him proud looking after all your animals.
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I've always had a thing for pigeons, especially three types:
1. The pigeon like most of you have posted here, most spectacularly seen in the pic by @Doglover2. I love them mostly for their brilliant luminescent rainbow around their neck.
2. I also love the pigeon known as the white dove. In case you don't know, doves are part of the pigeon family. I love it for its symbol of peace. It's beautiful in its depiction in art.
3. I also love the mourning dove that is found in Canada. It looks just like the European collared dove, but without the collar and a little smaller. The European dove only started appearing in Canada about 20 years ago. The mourning dove is known as the turtle dove by Native Canadians, and they are a symbol of peace in their tradition.
When I moved from Canada to Spain 11 years ago, I rescued a collared dove from a second-hand store. She has a broken beak. In Spanish, dove and pigeon have the same word - Paloma. Did you know that in Latin Albus means white? So I'm going to do as @Rachel_Scope has done, to name my dove after Albus. I will name her Paloma. In my mind even though her name is Paloma because she's named after Albus, she is a peace dove. So her last name is Blanca (which means white in Spanish). That is how I have come to know Albus through reading through his tributes on the forum. He was a peace dove. Here is Paloma Blanca:
In 1976 in many parts of the world, including Canada, the song Paloma Blanca was a huge hit. I was 13 and the song just rocked my little world. Here is that song for you, in tribute to a great hero, Albus, our White Dove.
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