Dizzy Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 Like I said a very odd question ... but do wood pigeons have 'partners' or 'friends' ? We have quite a few round here who always seem to sit in pairs on the chimney tops especially at this time of the night. I've been watching one for over 5 hours today who has not moved from his/her chimney pot and qho has called out non stop while appearing to look around. Please tell me they don't have partners or friends as this one's could well be the one that got splattered on the road outside our house this morning Whatever... it is rather sad watching this little lone chap(ess) just sitting there for hours on end waiting and calling for 'whoever' Yes despite what you all probably think I am a big softie at heart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 Woody Allen once said "I think people should mate for life, like pigeons or Catholics." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted June 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 Ohhh no please tell me you are kidding.... It's still sitting there looking and calling out. How long will it sit there for and when will it realise? Will it die from a broken heart or just be a billy no mates for the rest of it's life? I wish I'd not asked now and 'they' (well might not have been but two others as they all look alike) were both sat together on the very same chimney in the rain the other night too .... they looked so cosy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inky pete Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 We've got two fat pigeons who live in our willow tree (or did until Thursday when we had the tree felled!). We call them Pat and Frank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 They do "mate for life" but they move on when one life ends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted June 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 Move on where... do you mean alone or that they soon find another partner and live happily ever after until one of them gets splatted too. My 'birdie' day is getting more troublesome by the minute though as the local cat was spotted going past the back with a baby bird in it's mouth which was still alive Ok so it's only nature but I hope it wasn't the baby sparrow that keeps popping under my gate and pottering around. I'm feeling rather forcibly detached now so may I go to bed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 go shoot it then Dizzy....then it can be eternally at peace with its mate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted June 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 I have no gun Baz and am a lousy aim anyway A brick was also suggested by my unsympathetic father. Weird that as he loves birds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 Don't know about pigeons but swans mate for life and if one dies the other never mates again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted June 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 You are not helping at all here Algy... now I'm upset about swans too. So if a swan mates and one dies young what does the other do for the rest of it's life as swans can live to a ripe age can't they. Does it still stay with the other swans on the lake/pond/river or wherever or if it's male does it get pushed away and become a lonely and sad recluse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 Woken up very early this morning (0515hrs) by a couple of 'Lancashire pigeons' clog dancing on our roof, what a beautiful sun lit blue sky. switched the 'time stealer on and found this for you Dizz - http://www.wonderquest.com/animal-mate-for-life.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egbert Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 We have shared our home with wood pigeons for 30 years - almost always in pairs. Currently, a pair have built a nest (not a very good one admittedly) in a tree and there is an egg in it, which they sit on for lengthy periods. I suspect this means they are "partners". Some years ago, I found a dead pigeon in the garden and wondered what had happened to its mate. But we have continued to have a pigeon presence in the garden so I assume the line did not die out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted June 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2011 Well I'm happy to report that billy no mates the wood pigeon is no longer sitting on his/her chimney pot alone and calling out. Infact not seen him/her since yesterday. Quite a few pairs still around though. Now on an equally sad note to how this started I have since seen 3 more dead woodies, two on the roads and one just lying in someone's front garden. So that makes 4 in total within a few days which either means 2 pairs or 4 individuals or a combination. Either way that's not too bad as if they were pairs then they wont be missing each other... if they were individuals then that means their 4 partners are now alone but at least they can sit together with the other local woody widows. Not sure about the poor squished hedgehog though... do hedgehogs have partners ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted June 29, 2011 Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 Nah just flat mates :blink: Was walking the dog earlier when I came across a dead pigeon on sankey valley. It must have died fairly recently as it was still intact, but it prompts me to wonder if there is some sort of epidemic going round the pigeon population. Not heard any sneezing yet so can't be bird flu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted June 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 The dead one I saw in a garden was just like that. Looked like it was just lying there having a snooze. No obvious injuries or anything... just dead. Maybe they are all committing suicide or like you say something else 'Flat mates' by the way.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted June 29, 2011 Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 Here is a tip to try out when you are next on a caravan holiday..... wait until really really late at night and then go and throw some bread on the roof of a few caravans near yours..... at 5:00 am, the birds will flock to these caravans and tap dance their way around the roof eating the bread..... Repeat everyday and you can then see the bleary eyed people walking around having had little or no sleep..... Particulary pleasurable if your neighbours happen to be overpaid and underworked teachers, personal injury lawyers or French people! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted June 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 We used to do that years ago as kids on holidays Baz... and have done it quite recently too Also good if you are abroad where people tend to go snorkelling in the shallow warm waters watching the fish... fish feeding frenzy and scares the life out of people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted June 30, 2011 Report Share Posted June 30, 2011 I thought I was supposed to be the evil one on here :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted June 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2011 ....clearly someone (Baz perhaps?) has hacked my www user account and has posted these similar atrocities in my name Good grief I would never ever do anything like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ex padgate girl Posted July 1, 2011 Report Share Posted July 1, 2011 According to studies swans have a 7% divorce rate. Can't quote it because i have not got the time, inclination to find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted July 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2011 ... couldn't resist found this for starters... It apparently only the second time in more than 40 years that a "separation" has been recorded at Slimbridge Wetland out of a study of 4,000 pairs of Bewick's swans. I wonder if Sarindi and Saruni are still friends and wether there is any bitterness between their ex's and their new partners Sarind and Surune. What blummin stupid and confusing names http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/8477351.stm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ex padgate girl Posted July 1, 2011 Report Share Posted July 1, 2011 Ha Ha Thanks Dizzy You have far too much time on your hands. Want to come and do my job Wonder who got custody of the nest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted July 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2011 You are right, clearly far too much time on my hands these days so yes please can I do your job and you can do mine. I'm bored stiff It's all my boss's fault Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ex padgate girl Posted July 1, 2011 Report Share Posted July 1, 2011 does it pay more than 40 thou a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted July 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2011 Way more than that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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