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    Pigeon Talk

    I ended up with a couple of neat looking young birds from that pairing including this one with a very dark eye and pale beak.
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    Can a Hawk carry off a full grown hen?

    Yes - ravens are quite big and are definitely comparable in size to the red tailed hawk. I’ve heard them described as “a large black beak attached to a massive bird” compared to crows which present as just a large, black bird. I took the attached images of a raven high up in a tree at my house...
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    Mite Identification

    I think it might be an Ornithonyssus bird mite. The 4 sets of legs are best visible in the first photo.
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    Sexing my pigeons?

    It’s hard to say :) The white one seems to be a young bird, one year or less. You can tell because they have a fleshy colored cere (it turns white and flaky with age, like the red pigeon has) and the young birds also just have a certain look to them. The dark eye (compared to the red pigeon’s...
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    Multiple pigeon nests laying three eggs- what's going on??

    Is it possible you have an unpaired hen laying eggs in other nests? I have a female-heavy flock and although there are enough nest boxes, the unpaired hens that do end up laying will typically sneak it into an occupied nest I’ve observed. On more than one occasion I have seen the hen stay...
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    Sick pet pigeon

    There’s no chance this is an egg glued to her butt right, definitely some tissue? I’ve had hens sit in cracked eggs and end up like this until helped. I’m sorry you’re having trouble finding an avian vet. This looks to me like a lipoma, but I have seen similar only in cage birds and not a...
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    Post Your Game Cam Pics Here!!!

    That first picture it’s hard to tell and looks like it could be anything… the second one to me looks like a crouching black cat 🐈‍⬛
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    Just a rant...biggest predator and pest of all....people

    That’s just terrible, I’m really sorry to hear that. One has to be wary of the distinct lack of empathy required of an individual that purposefully runs down animals crossing the road, especially livestock on a dead end agricultural road as you described. I hope that you can install some speed...
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    Young emu feeder...dumb sparrows

    Maybe a wildlife rehab would be interested in euthanizing them and feeding to raptors? Maybe not due to potential for pesticide. I think the only humane way to deal with them once they’re trapped is pellet gun, or try to live with them. I eliminate all sparrows and starlings in my local area...
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    Feeding Wild Birds

    Love the mousebirds! I had the pleasure of feeding whitebacked mousebirds at an aviary recently.
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    Feeding Wild Birds

    Great black backed gulls and herring gulls shredded this Cheetos bag to the bone in a matter of seconds.
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    Feeding Wild Birds

    Pesky as the starlings can be, there is no denying their beauty. I love seeing the Carolina wrens move with their fledgelings as a big family unit.
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    Feeding Wild Birds

    In New England I’ve always found late July through mid August to be an extremely slow time at the feeder. Dutiful pairs of blackbirds, grackles, blue jays making trips back and forth from the suet feeder now bring their fledglings just once or twice a day. Even the greedy doves that spend a...
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    Pigeon Talk

    He is now a father, 57 days after first appearing here.
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    Feeding Wild Birds

    I’ve been feeding wild birds since I was about 5 years old, just recently invested in some of the feeder cameras. 110% worth it
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    Pigeon Talk

    He is still enjoying his time here! My giant runt/tumbler hen (I’m not sure what to call her at this point) has paired up with one of my bachelorette homers. After well over a year since I lost the male giant runt and she’s been in the homer loft, her flight performance has improved tenfold...
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    Pigeon Talk

    I agree! I did toss out the first set of eggs he produced with one of my hens because I didn’t want them to hatch while I was on vacation, but now that I’m back, I’m eager to breed from him. “Rocket” is settling in nicely. I banded him with my own bands as well, he’s here to stay :)
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    Pigeon friends for a disabled chicken?

    You’re definitely correct. I think a lot of small-time racers have their pigeons’ best interests at heart but when you get in the big leagues and big sums of money for the winner become involved, there is always unethical behavior. The same can be said about practically all animal racing, sadly...
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    Commercial pigeon feed?

    Pellets are okay. I find that they make the droppings looser and messier if they constitute most of the diet though. I will mix pellets into the seed mix whenever I am breeding birds to provide easy nutrition to the babies and feeding parents. I feed Versele Laga or Brown’s brand pigeon feed...
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    Pigeon Talk

    I’m always impressed by the power of a bird’s gizzard to process such foods. Once in a while I will have wood ducks walk up from the water to gorge on acorns in the yard. The girls aren’t letting him leave:
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