On
the very last day in April, I was in the kitchen - without camera
alas - when a very young pigeon landed PLOP on the windowsill, right
in front of me. Luckily, it waited a while then flew down into my veg
plot, enabling me to dash upstairs and grab my camera. It sat itself
down and began doing 'I am hot' styled wing exercises, oblivious to
me and my little pink metal box.
It
eventually stopped wobbling its wings in the cool sunshine and just
sat there for a moment. It looked around as if to investigate lazily
the new territory it had entered after its nest and tree. Soon, it
began to move around a bit and to nibble things.
I
am hoping this youngster will now be aware that it can safely come
close to me without harm and that the little metallic pink box will
not harm it either. Each year I live in hope that the younger
generation will trust me more than the last years' young - but I
have yet to see true tameness, the way my pigeon flock back home in
Wollongong showed.
I wonder why that is. If they've known you their whole lives, they should trust you.
ReplyDeleteThese are really great pictures. Nice, clear closeups. They look like you were standing right next to him.
thank you zoom, lol. they are english, not aussie - they tend to be less open and friendly...
ReplyDeleteGenetically, or because of the environment?
ReplyDeleteenvironmental, I beleive. england is a small country, aussie is large - england is filled with english, auissie with multicultural persons - england is ancient nd rigid, aussie young and vibrant - the birds live the way of the land.
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