Why don't you ever see baby pigeons

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You do! They're right here on my balcony!

Aibu to ask you how I'm going to clean this guano up 😭

Squabs are very ugly little birds aren’t they. Bless ‘em

So cute!

<<shudder>> flying rats

Very cute little things they can't help being pigeons

They seem to poop more than other birds 🤔
Their nest is 99% poop

Shitty little swallows on mine. They're so cute, though.

We had a whole nest on our sticking out boiler pipe. Ended up getting icky little mites all over the kitchen. Eww.
We have 10 million of those green parakeet living outside our flat now…..but I never see baby parakeets 🤔

I love pigeons.

Pigeons crack me up with the way they build nests. It’s terrible. Literally two sticks and done.

However, when you take into account that pigeons are actually cliff birds and all the nest needs to do is to stop the egg rolling off, they got it spot on

We have done pigeons at work with babes! A whole new generation flying around scaring the life out of me!

Once had wood pigeons try to build a nest in the bird bath 🙄 .

They really are nature's great survivalists. Like a pp said anywhere they can put two twigs together, that's a family home. Any rancid bit of food that would see the average human shitting through the eye of a needle and then dying, that's a banquet. They will outlive us all. They are dirty beggars though.

They’re not really though.

Rock pigeons were and then we took them out of their natural habitat, domesticated them and then left them to go feral.

I really want to see a baby magpie. They are such clever birds and so beautiful.

I live across from a few trees, every year I have seen various baby pigeons, from just hatched all the way through to fledged with tiny tufts of yellow fluff on their heads.
Sometimes because the parents couldn't make decent nest if they tried, they've been on the ground.
A few years ago a feral pigeon nested on a boiler house on the outside of a church. She had over 30 babies over 2 seasons until the groundsman finally got the best of her. Every single one of them roosts on the church tower to this day.
And you can tell where they roost due to the small hill of crop under a tree branch.

This happened last year. A particularly persistent pigeon wouldn't leave her alone

I see your pigeons and raise you Ravens. I’ve seen those massive black feckers eat vomit.

Birds will always survive , aren't they related to dinosaurs ? They have even persuaded us to feed them !

Same as any other bird actually.

I love pigeons, not their fault we domesticated them and brought them over from asia. Look up Cher ami, amazing birds that saved many lives when soldiers were surrounded and they got messages through during WW1 and 2.

The clue is in the name; Rock dove - they aren't nest builders, they naturally roost in holes in cliffs. We took them away from their natural habitat.

In Turkey the architects build them roosts that mimic this into buildings.

For anyone curious beyond the usual rats comment.

Probably falls on deaf ears as usual.

https://www.thenmusa.org/biographies/cher-ami/

Your picture reminds me of the episode of Blackadder II when Edmund is explaining the toilet facilities in his house 😁

Regarding magpies. They're pretty vicious.

On several occasions this year I have found blood, guts, and a small pile of grain, the rest of the pigeon having been eaten or dropped elsewhere, and the magpie licking its beak. Shudder.

You can have ours. We had 3 of the noisy buggers a few months back but I only ever see one of them, now.

And they're not so bright when it comes to our back neighbours' steep roofs 😅

We had them nesting in our garden last year. The babies are SO funny. They're really scraggy and awkward and they have stumpy tails compared to the adults. They also really made me laugh with how demanding they are with their parents - whereas most birds will sort of cheep and flap their wings for food, the baby magpies were basically following their parents around, screeching repeatedly into their ear at length like a toddler having a tantrum. Absolute monsters! But so entertaining to watch and it was nice to see them grow up into sleek and stylish adults.

Magpies might take a small baby bird or an egg from a nest occasionally but if it was an adult pigeon, it was almost certainly something else that killed or ate the pigeon and your magpie is eating the leftovers. Magpies are from the crow family, and crows in general tend to be carrion feeders (ie they look for dead animals and birds and eat what's left).