ME AND MY PIGEONS..

It’s strictly my feeling and i do not intend to feel the need to explain or be defensive. The point is to put out facts without verifying or checking out on the existing knowledge on the same e in encyclopaedias or on the net. I wish to just put across as facts, my raw experiences on my favourite past time, pigeons.. May be there are bigger, better facts and great amount of  research done on the subject, but my experiences are my discoveries, any ways and i love my experiences. 

Here it goes...

1)   Pigeons have all the normal general feelings that humans have like, domination, jealousy, love, need for companion etc. They keep exhibiting this all the time. Example.. The male pigeon does not allow other pigeons in their territory to eat special foods like Putana dal... not that they succeed and actually the dominant male ones fail to make the best use of special food as they are busy chasing away the other pigeons. But other pigeons very cleverly eat away with the hide and seek method. This is a great sight to watch. The territorial rights come with the birth the male female pigeons give in some places, like my kitchen balcony. There is just one set of family who always give birth to pigeons in my kitchen balcony.

2)   Pigeons do not hatch on the eggs, if they are vaguely touched by humans, even if it is done to place them in a safe zone. Male and female pigeons hatch in turns and most often, the entire afternoon, it is the duty of the male pigeon to hatch and female pigeon is in search of food. ( role reversal very dominant )

3)   Pigeons are very choosy about their food and they eat only specific things.

4)   The pigeons do not eat any stuff from my bed room balcony and this is validated by me hundreds of times. This is very strange and amazing fact.

5)   Their efficiency in building a surface for hatching is most admirable as they do it in a very short time.

6)   There definitely is a family value for the pigeons and surely no multi partners for sex. This way they are very moralistic.

7)   They prefer raw food and not cooked food.

8)   As a rule, the areas where pigeons are predominant, crows do not come.

9)   Most importantly, they tease humans and they like the game of entering homes, looking at us and running away. They are not scared of humans , but are cautious.

10)                   They are very lovely creatures and i never wish to see them extinct like near extinct sparrows.

I grew up with sparrows as part of my childhood and now i have pigeons for company in the mornings. 3 months later, i am gonna miss this lovely creatures as i may shift my home. If i am not shifting home, one of the key reasons would be pigeons. They give me unconditional love and they take unconditional love. Of course, they wait for my feed at 7 am. They wonder if sometimes i feed them early , but never crib or cry or curse if some reason i do not feed them or feed them late.

There are thousands of gods creations, probably better than we humans.. emotional statement but not without meaning and definitely not said out of bitterness, as much said with love for darling pigeons.