Flightless pigeon

Toby · 07-09-2008, 11:45

We have what looks like a flightless pigeon (well it's certainly a pigeon, it just looks like it's flightless

) waddling around the garden periodically and sitting under the hedge for prolonged periods.

Any ideas what to do about it? Don't like the idea of just leaving it to die slowly due to lack of food or be half eaten by one of the neighbourhood cats

Feek · 07-09-2008, 11:48

I saw MasterChef yesterday and one of the starters was pan fried pigeon with wild mushrooms. Looked fantastic!

Belmit · 07-09-2008, 11:49

I can't really help but I can offer pigeon related mirth:
http://www.explosm.net/comics/1391/

Fayshun · 07-09-2008, 13:03

It's probably tired and shagged out after a particularly long squawk.

Feek · 07-09-2008, 13:12

It's a pigeon, not a parrot

Knipples · 07-09-2008, 13:31

We had one in our garden on Tuesday, turned out to be a ickle babber one. Its Mummy or Daddy came down and shouted at it a bit and he went and flapped away in the end.

Fayshun · 07-09-2008, 13:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Feek

It's a pigeon, not a parrot

A Norwegian Blue pigeon?

Feek · 07-09-2008, 13:52

Almost certainly.

Fayshun · 07-09-2008, 13:52

\o/

Toby · 07-09-2008, 15:03

Well we tried to give it some bread earlier and it's acting very oddly. Doesn't move away as you come up to it and showed no interest in eating the bread. At one point it did manage to low-level fly to the other corner of the garden so it's obviously capable of flight. Maybe just a bit poorly or sommat?

07-09-2008, 11:45	#1
Toby Absinthe Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,023	Flightless pigeon We have what looks like a flightless pigeon (well it's certainly a pigeon, it just looks like it's flightless ) waddling around the garden periodically and sitting under the hedge for prolonged periods. Any ideas what to do about it? Don't like the idea of just leaving it to die slowly due to lack of food or be half eaten by one of the neighbourhood cats __________________

07-09-2008, 11:48	#2
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	I saw MasterChef yesterday and one of the starters was pan fried pigeon with wild mushrooms. Looked fantastic! __________________

07-09-2008, 11:49	#3
Belmit The Mouse King of Denmark Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The Winchester Posts: 6,476	I can't really help but I can offer pigeon related mirth: http://www.explosm.net/comics/1391/ __________________

07-09-2008, 13:03	#4
Fayshun Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Adrift in the Orca Posts: 6,845	It's probably tired and shagged out after a particularly long squawk. __________________ We must move forward not backward, upwards not forward, and always twirling, twirling, twirling...

07-09-2008, 13:12	#5
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	It's a pigeon, not a parrot __________________

07-09-2008, 13:31	#6
Knipples nipples lol (o)(o) Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Brissle!!! Posts: 4,947	We had one in our garden on Tuesday, turned out to be a ickle babber one. Its Mummy or Daddy came down and shouted at it a bit and he went and flapped away in the end.

07-09-2008, 13:52	#8
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	Almost certainly. __________________

07-09-2008, 13:52	#9
Fayshun Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Adrift in the Orca Posts: 6,845	\o/ __________________ We must move forward not backward, upwards not forward, and always twirling, twirling, twirling...

07-09-2008, 15:03	#10
Toby Absinthe Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,023	Well we tried to give it some bread earlier and it's acting very oddly. Doesn't move away as you come up to it and showed no interest in eating the bread. At one point it did manage to low-level fly to the other corner of the garden so it's obviously capable of flight. Maybe just a bit poorly or sommat? __________________