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common_nature2017-07-18 08:16 pm
rydra_wong) wrote in common_nature2017-07-18 08:16 pm
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Pigeon!
I had to check the comm profile to try to decide if this was legit, as this was clearly not a wild pigeon; it was obviously someone's sleek, well-fed and well-cared-for homing/racing pigeon.
However, it was definitely "unsupervised", as it was hanging out at a gritstone crag eating bilberries and watching the climbers.
It wouldn't quite let people touch it, but was otherwise very comfortable with humans and happy to let you get very close.
I took a lot of photos of it trying to get a shot of the tags on its legs, as I was worried it was someone's beloved pet and lost. But when I got home, I found out that the "report a found pigeon" websites (they exist, naturally) say in rather weary tones not to even bother unless the pigeon's been around for at least 48 hours; apparently they like to take pit stops.
So handsome:
Trying to see if I might have exciting food items in this plastic bag:
However, it was definitely "unsupervised", as it was hanging out at a gritstone crag eating bilberries and watching the climbers.
It wouldn't quite let people touch it, but was otherwise very comfortable with humans and happy to let you get very close.
I took a lot of photos of it trying to get a shot of the tags on its legs, as I was worried it was someone's beloved pet and lost. But when I got home, I found out that the "report a found pigeon" websites (they exist, naturally) say in rather weary tones not to even bother unless the pigeon's been around for at least 48 hours; apparently they like to take pit stops.
So handsome:
Trying to see if I might have exciting food items in this plastic bag:
What's next, message by owl?
I had no idea!
Re: What's next, message by owl?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigeon_racing
(It being today's modern world, pigeon doping is of course a thing.)
Re: What's next, message by owl?
(It being today's modern world, pigeon doping is of course a thing.)
Ugh, of course.
Anyway, I learned something new today. Thanks!
Re: What's next, message by owl?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_pigeon
Between 2009 and 2015, many pigeons have been reported to carry cell phones, SIM cards, phone batteries and USB cords into prisons on the Brazilian state of São Paulo.
In 2010, Indian police expressed suspicion that a recently captured pigeon from Pakistan might have been carrying a message from Pakistan.
In 2016, a Jordanian border official said at a news conference that Islamic State militants were using homing pigeons to deliver messages to operatives outside of its "so-called caliphate".
Re: What's next, message by owl?