A squab!

[weird]

Today my dog found a squab on the ground (the dog was v respectful and did not harm or scare the bird). He looked as if he had recently been evicted from the nest and was just getting his bearings. He was perched on the wheel of a wheelie bin looking utterly bewildered. He had a Mohawk of yellowish baby feathers! It took him a little while but eventually he realised he had wings and flew away to join his fellow pigeons.


(click for bigger—my first time trying this!!)

Comments

[shirebound]

Oh my, he's beautiful. Hooray for your respectful doggie.

[cmcmck]

It's young wood pigeons we tend to see at this time as we live on the edge of town close to a forested area.

I'm amused by the Mohican! :o)

[pameladean]

What a good dog.

Fledglings are hilarious and fascinating, but I'm always so worried something will snap them up in front of my eyes. They are so hapless and the way they have to learn seems so dangerous. But where there actually is a shortage of some bird species, it doesn't have to do with any of that. So it must work all right.

P.

[yourlibrarian]

Aw, glad it found its way!

[zenigotchas]

What a good birb! I do like their awkward teenage years, he's definitely going to grow in a handsome little man though. All pigeons do! ( ^ _ ^ ) I love the beautiful red/brown coloring on his neck, it sticks out from how blue the rest of his body is! And those gleaming dark eyes make my heart melt. Nothing but love to this little pigeon, hope he lives a great life.

[turlough]

You have such a good dog! Such a cute little scruffy squab. I hope he makes it into adulthood.

[scintilla10]

Aw, his lil sticky-up yellow feathers are so cute! Cool to see!