ChipButtyBlade
Vital Squad Member
For the last month i had a pair of woodpigeon nest in a conifer tree in my garden,i got a birds eye veiw of them building the nest from my landing window.
For the last couple of weeks they laid a clutch of two eggs and were taking it in turns to sit on them.
Tragedy struck a few days ago when one of them was hit by a vehicle right outside the front garden,there were soft white feathers everywhere and a dead bird at the kerb side,i picked it up and took it into the garden,i gave it to the foxes the next nite.
The lone woodpigeon sat on the nest for 8 hours until about 6pm and then flew off,the eggs were left overnite andwould obviously what ever was inside would have perished.
The woodpigeon came back the netx morning and sat on the eggs again for a few hours waiting for her/his mate to come,and left the nest again.
Was so looking forward to seeing those eggs hatch and the squabs grow.
Yesterday the woodpigeon was back near the nest being suited aby another two woodpigeons who were having a bit of a set to,and this morning a woodpigeon is sitting on the same nest.
I can see the old eggs broken on the garden floor under the nest,looks like nature has a way of quickly moving on.
So my fingers are crossed for them this time.
My interest in pigeons goes back to my childhood,my dad used to race them and i have seen chicks in his coyt,they are ugly things when they are hatched.
For the last couple of weeks they laid a clutch of two eggs and were taking it in turns to sit on them.
Tragedy struck a few days ago when one of them was hit by a vehicle right outside the front garden,there were soft white feathers everywhere and a dead bird at the kerb side,i picked it up and took it into the garden,i gave it to the foxes the next nite.
The lone woodpigeon sat on the nest for 8 hours until about 6pm and then flew off,the eggs were left overnite andwould obviously what ever was inside would have perished.
The woodpigeon came back the netx morning and sat on the eggs again for a few hours waiting for her/his mate to come,and left the nest again.
Was so looking forward to seeing those eggs hatch and the squabs grow.
Yesterday the woodpigeon was back near the nest being suited aby another two woodpigeons who were having a bit of a set to,and this morning a woodpigeon is sitting on the same nest.
I can see the old eggs broken on the garden floor under the nest,looks like nature has a way of quickly moving on.
So my fingers are crossed for them this time.
My interest in pigeons goes back to my childhood,my dad used to race them and i have seen chicks in his coyt,they are ugly things when they are hatched.
