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just saw a pigeon doing the puffed up courtship dance thing to another pigeon, and as he was strutting around he suddenly stopped for a split second to do a very brief preen-peck at his own side, then returned to the strutting around. and i surprised myself by instantly losing respect for the male pigeon in that moment, like come on man i appreciate you had an itch or whatever but how is she supposed to feel special when you're getting distracted by bullshit like that? which on reflection i don't endorse, i mean those are pretty harsh dating norms i'm imposing on these pigeons, from a total outsider perspective, for no reason. probably not all girl pigeons are as uptight about that sort of thing as i would apparently be if i was a girl pigeon, maybe she even found it endearing who knows, i don't know her. it's none of my business really. sorry pigeons.

orpheuslament

i dont trust anyone whos hostile towards city pigeons one bit & im being very serious about it

pigeonagenda

pigeonidentifier

I'm not confident but I'm reasonably sure that's a wood pigeon.

The white spots on the side of the neck are indicative of wood pigeons, but it does seems. tad small for a wood pigeon, so I don't know.

pigeonagenda

it is! i'd estimate her to be around 35 cm long, so definitely on the smaller side for a wood pigeon, but all the other characteristics i know of match (white neck patch, orange beak with a pink base, yellow iris, white wing band formed by the outer secondary and marginal coverts, blackish grey primary wing feathers with a white edge, reddish feet, pinkish chest). not all of them are very visible in this photo but i know this specific individual, she and her partner come by multiple times a day to eat seeds and trample through flower pots. she's also my profile pic :)