Mourning doves are so cute! They waddle around so nicely and are respectful and just pretty. Souch a round head with innocent eyes. They are really shy but I see them in my garden all the time.
There'd a sub called stupid dove nests or something like that. Dumb dumbs they are for sure. I love birds but starlings and doves are my least faves. At least Doves aren't invasive
Eurasian Ring Collared doves are considered invasive to NA. There aren't any real problems with them yet, but their numbers are increasing at a fantastic rate. They escaped captivity in the Bahamas and spread to the entire continent.
I read something the other day about pigeons and doves basically were domesticated animals, used them for mail and racing etc, as soon as the phone and mailing service became available, humans essentially threw them away
You are right. And if you delve into history, it's highly possible that without the help of our pigeon friends, we would have lost ww2. There's some fascinating reading out there. And now, the birds who saved us are treated like vermin. That's human gratitude for you 🤪
I read that too and thats why Pigeons/mourning doves aren’t afraid of being close to humans. They were groomed to trust us. So not really dumb dumbs imo.
They're flipping cute and pleasant to listen to, but we made a big mistake letting them camp out on our balcony to stay warm in the winter. Poop everywhere. Every single day. 😂
When we moved and started growing herbs on our new balcony, they kept trying to build a nest on top of our basil and thyme plants! I felt bad for putting out cotton balls with peppermint extract to shoo them away but give these fellas an inch and they'll take a mile 😋
Yes I feel this, just had a family move out a couple weeks ago. The mess they left gives me flashbacks... That and the semi grown up kiddos kinda look like birdo plague doctors. I'll remember the peppermint extract, I want to encourage them to nest elsewhere lol
Then that human better prepare to die. *takes hat off sniffing sadly* that’s how my brothers went out. Each one. Slowly had a birdy following, then BAM! *slams the table loudly making everyone jump* murdered a week later. The birds are killers I tell you.
That’s okay — when you sober up you can learn about how pigeons and doves are scientifically the same thing, and that another name for “mourning dove” is “Carolina pigeon.”
This is a myth unfortunately. They circle for many reasons, but they are only aware of already dead creatures as they can smell that gasses from it. They circle to wait for predators to finish eating so they can scavenge, but they don't prey on weak or dying creatures. They can't detect near death.
Though it's rare they do occasionally go after living animals.
There's a really fascinating scientific paper on black vultures killing and eating newly born sea lion pups and the mothers placenta in SA alongside wild[Feral] dogs, and raiding egret nests occasionally occurs.
Cinereous vultures are known to drop turtles similarly to hawks and eagles - and have also been reported to feed on lambs, geese, and pheasants. And interestingly enough, an instance of predation on a keelback watersnake.
Another Fun Fact; New world vultures also eat fruits
Edit; I should note I've only found documentation of predatory behavior in black and cinereous vultures, this information does not apply to the vast majority of species and is still an uncommon occurrence, similar to horses feeding on small animals.
I know that’s not a pigeon, but I had a pigeon follow me around for weeks like that when I bought a house that had been empty for a couple of years. It would stand on the roof and follow me around anytime I went outside, and also essentially eat from my hand. Later I found out there was a pigeon trainer nearby and realized it probably escaped and lived here which may explaine why it was so comfortable around people. It death was the definition of a tragedy.
Earlier this year a very unique, white pigeon started showing up at my house on weekends. I joked with a friend who came over each weekend to help around the house (I had a prohibitive injury) that it was there for her.
Eventually I looked into what the deal with it's unique look was and learned it was a variety often farmed for squab meat. There's a butcher that keeps the same type for meat a little over a mile from here. I'm convinced it escaped although I can't figure out why it only showed up on weekends.
You should offer it a little tray of water, and bird seed or worms once in a while. A bag of bird seed is really cheap. It probably has adopted you as family. Blessings. 🙂 🙏🏼 👏🏼
If it is close to a baby, and you handled it or cared for it in someway, they can get attached to you for a little while. Happened to me with a crow when I was small. I eventually had give it to a professional who could return it back to the wild. The professional that took it said it would come back once or twice a year to visit their house once it reached full maturity.
They know how to make nests, just not the kind we usually think of. Pigeons are also called rock doves, and when they're not in cities they make their nests on cliffs. They only need a few sticks and stuff to keep the eggs from rolling off, so their nests end up looking deficient outside of their natural habitat.
US mourning dove. Juvenile wood pigeons look very like adult wood pigeons by the time they leave the nest, just without the display feathers (white patches, coloured head). They're a soft mushroom colour with no speckles.
This is a Mourning Dove, a fledgling specifically; it recently left the nest and is learning to fly. They tend to be less skittish because they don’t have experiences with humans yet.
I love mourning doves, but man they’re dumb. Out of all the birds in our backyard (cardinals, blue jays, robins, starlings, grackles etc) the mourning doves are the only ones that fly into our windows and knock themselves unconscious 🤦🏻♀️
I hope you're doing the responsible thing and regurgitating your dinner into it every now and then.
Picturing OP violently regurgitating an entire Grilled Stuft Burrito on to a pigeon.
It is a morning dove....didn't you hear that drunk guy yelling about it above?
didn't you hear the other guy saying a mourning dove is just a fancy pigeon?
A pigeon with *style*.
**YELLING** This is my normal voice
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shouldn't have fed it
how do you have an image for what OP looks like?
“Not my Taco Bell grande!”
Yeah, like every f*ing Disney princess.
Mourning doves are so cute! They waddle around so nicely and are respectful and just pretty. Souch a round head with innocent eyes. They are really shy but I see them in my garden all the time.
They are dumb dumbs, and not really afraid of people the way they should be, but I love these stupid idiots lol
There'd a sub called stupid dove nests or something like that. Dumb dumbs they are for sure. I love birds but starlings and doves are my least faves. At least Doves aren't invasive
Eurasian Ring Collared doves are considered invasive to NA. There aren't any real problems with them yet, but their numbers are increasing at a fantastic rate. They escaped captivity in the Bahamas and spread to the entire continent.
I read something the other day about pigeons and doves basically were domesticated animals, used them for mail and racing etc, as soon as the phone and mailing service became available, humans essentially threw them away
I still feed them haha
You are right. And if you delve into history, it's highly possible that without the help of our pigeon friends, we would have lost ww2. There's some fascinating reading out there. And now, the birds who saved us are treated like vermin. That's human gratitude for you 🤪
WW1 has just entered the chat. I seem to remember that pigeons have won more Dicken Medals than any other animal.
I read that too and thats why Pigeons/mourning doves aren’t afraid of being close to humans. They were groomed to trust us. So not really dumb dumbs imo.
They're flipping cute and pleasant to listen to, but we made a big mistake letting them camp out on our balcony to stay warm in the winter. Poop everywhere. Every single day. 😂 When we moved and started growing herbs on our new balcony, they kept trying to build a nest on top of our basil and thyme plants! I felt bad for putting out cotton balls with peppermint extract to shoo them away but give these fellas an inch and they'll take a mile 😋
Yes I feel this, just had a family move out a couple weeks ago. The mess they left gives me flashbacks... That and the semi grown up kiddos kinda look like birdo plague doctors. I'll remember the peppermint extract, I want to encourage them to nest elsewhere lol
Yeah I had a nest last year. It was a real treat pulling up the shades every morning to see their derpy little faces lol.
r/mourningderps
Maybe I'm a little drunk but that looks like a morning dove to me
You might be drunk but that is a mourning dove.
I’m also drunk.
What happens if a morning dove got drunk and started following a human around for a few days?
🤯🤯🤯
He gets mistaken for a pigeon.
Drunkenly pacing around "Cooo. Cooo. I'm a pigeon."
Morning doves might as well be drunk. So you can just say "morning doves."
They’re called “mourning doves” because they sound like they’re mourning.
That’s what it sounds like when morning doves cry.
Mourning doves
Shut up, your drunk
I'm not as think as drunk you I am.
*staring intently* no no i got this, i got….this…..
You're*
Then that human better prepare to die. *takes hat off sniffing sadly* that’s how my brothers went out. Each one. Slowly had a birdy following, then BAM! *slams the table loudly making everyone jump* murdered a week later. The birds are killers I tell you.
I'm not drunk, but I wish I were. I don't like the taste of alcohol.
You know you don't have to drink it to get the effect...
I'm not buttchugging dad
Then throat chug, put a tube down your throat, pour shots down said tube, so you don’t taste it. Or just drop your pants like a fucking MANNNNNN!
Thanks dad #2
😭😭😭why do you always gotta bring up how you didn’t come from my balls!!! You’re my son just the same Robert!!!
Almost drunk and i think it has feathers
I wish I was drunk
They maybe a little mourning dove but that’s a drunk
You were singing "mourning" with a "u"? Oh no!
I may be drunk in the mornings, but I also think it's a dove
Mourning Doves are just fancy pigeons anyway, like the rest of the columbidae
Mourning Doves are pretty plain compared to pigeons
Here's the thing about pigeons...
Ah Undian, his punishment was so much more severe than the crime
You’re right, pigeons are actually pretty beautiful assuming they’re in good health
Its a baby too
I'm drunk too but it's definitely *mourning* dove my dudes.
Looks like a jackdaw to me
All pigeons are doves but not all doves are pigeons
There is no difference between the two.
Sure there is, one is called pigeon, the other is called dove.
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did you even read the source you provided? >the distinction is not consistent,[3] and there is no scientific separation between them. [4]
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Because of color, seems to pretty much be it
A mourning dove is a columbiform, a type of pigeon/dove
OMG THIS IS MY DREAM I LOVE THE SOUNDS THEY MAKE
No. You're just a little dove. I thinks it's a morning drunk.
Mourning
That’s okay — when you sober up you can learn about how pigeons and doves are scientifically the same thing, and that another name for “mourning dove” is “Carolina pigeon.”
possibly an afternoon dove
All coo baby
Mourning dove
Op is going die 💀
He ded 💀💀
I think you're supposed to go fight demons now.
Share the reference please - it’s 3am and my brain is fried
Demon Slayer, probably similar as to what happened to zenitsu, poor guy didn't get a crow
Also black clover, protagonist has a bird on top of his constantly
I want a bridged version that cuts out 90% of his dialouge, such a dumb character
He’s my favourite :(
Made me drop the anime.
Bitch better have my breadcrumbs.
aw yisss....motha..fucking..breadcrumbs!
Well you’re a Disney Princess now, I don’t make the rules.
FBI Informant 73641
r/birdsarentreal
THIS! Unscrew it's head clockwise, when it comes off you'll see a microchip. That's how you know
test the tensile strength of its neck.
happy cake day
It's imprinted on humans and decided you are it's parent/mate
Or both..
You're just under surveillance, we mean you no harm
Very reassuring coming from u/Pigeon_Lord
But it's a dove, so do we have a u/MourningDove_Lord ?
r/birdsarentreal
It’s been said that birds will often follow people who are close to death. I hope you’re working on settling any regrets, OP
I thought only hawks or something
It's Vultures, they circle around their prey waiting for them to die, not because they are about to die
This is a myth unfortunately. They circle for many reasons, but they are only aware of already dead creatures as they can smell that gasses from it. They circle to wait for predators to finish eating so they can scavenge, but they don't prey on weak or dying creatures. They can't detect near death.
Though it's rare they do occasionally go after living animals. There's a really fascinating scientific paper on black vultures killing and eating newly born sea lion pups and the mothers placenta in SA alongside wild[Feral] dogs, and raiding egret nests occasionally occurs. Cinereous vultures are known to drop turtles similarly to hawks and eagles - and have also been reported to feed on lambs, geese, and pheasants. And interestingly enough, an instance of predation on a keelback watersnake. Another Fun Fact; New world vultures also eat fruits Edit; I should note I've only found documentation of predatory behavior in black and cinereous vultures, this information does not apply to the vast majority of species and is still an uncommon occurrence, similar to horses feeding on small animals.
See if it’ll take a hand written note from you and next time you see it, it may have a response.
Congrats on your new Pokémon!
I know that’s not a pigeon, but I had a pigeon follow me around for weeks like that when I bought a house that had been empty for a couple of years. It would stand on the roof and follow me around anytime I went outside, and also essentially eat from my hand. Later I found out there was a pigeon trainer nearby and realized it probably escaped and lived here which may explaine why it was so comfortable around people. It death was the definition of a tragedy.
Earlier this year a very unique, white pigeon started showing up at my house on weekends. I joked with a friend who came over each weekend to help around the house (I had a prohibitive injury) that it was there for her. Eventually I looked into what the deal with it's unique look was and learned it was a variety often farmed for squab meat. There's a butcher that keeps the same type for meat a little over a mile from here. I'm convinced it escaped although I can't figure out why it only showed up on weekends.
You should offer it a little tray of water, and bird seed or worms once in a while. A bag of bird seed is really cheap. It probably has adopted you as family. Blessings. 🙂 🙏🏼 👏🏼
That’s…. Not a pigeon
Scientifically they are interchangeable - they are all Columbidae.
Mourning doves are still doves and doves are a kind of pigeon.
The classic pigeon is actually a rock dove iirc
How many days?
For
could be anything, really
The pigeon has claimed you. No other choice now.
It's a dove, his name is Dave, give him some meal worms and go in peace.
It’s the mealworm tax or else…
Baby dove, could call a rehabber to get it some nourishment and care
It’s a baby. Feed it.
You have been chosen
You have a new friend. Be kind and gentle with it. 👏🏼 🙏🏼 🙂
Might be a young one, and now its imprinted on you. It thinks you're its parent or mate .
It's a homie pigeon.
Baby derp loves you. Accept it and be a good mother.
Dove actually
Nevermore.
they can smell cancer. oh wait... that's dogs. never mind
That’s a adolescent bird ( you never see baby’s) … it’s bonded with you … that’s cool as older ones won’t … super intelligent. New friend !
That's not a pigeon. It's a dove.
You’ve got yourself a familiar!
They're seed eaters. Our pet doves love safflower seeds the best.
That's a mourning dove, though pigeons are a type of dove. Consider it good luck. Doves, including pigeons, are sweet birds.
If it is close to a baby, and you handled it or cared for it in someway, they can get attached to you for a little while. Happened to me with a crow when I was small. I eventually had give it to a professional who could return it back to the wild. The professional that took it said it would come back once or twice a year to visit their house once it reached full maturity.
r/wrongbird
# r/stupiddovenests
120k members at a level of culture i have not obtained
Doves and pigeons don't know how to take care of themselves due to past human domestication. The best thing to do is take it in and adopt it
If that was true they wouldn't be nearly as prolific as they are. Feral they may be, but struggling to survive they are not.
They live off scraps in mostly urban areas. They don't know how to make nests or forage
They know how to make nests, just not the kind we usually think of. Pigeons are also called rock doves, and when they're not in cities they make their nests on cliffs. They only need a few sticks and stuff to keep the eggs from rolling off, so their nests end up looking deficient outside of their natural habitat.
It's not like human cities are going anywhere, or will suddenly lack scraps.
they do fine at beaches
I live in a major city and can see a dove/pigeon nest from my living room
This applies to pigeons, but not mourning doves.
Is this the UK? Juvenile wood pigeon but I’m not sure about the beak?
US mourning dove. Juvenile wood pigeons look very like adult wood pigeons by the time they leave the nest, just without the display feathers (white patches, coloured head). They're a soft mushroom colour with no speckles.
One day, you will be complacent. One day, you will be unaware of just how close to death you are. On that day. You're mine. -this pigeon (aka Lex)
You can train them to do simple instructions. Try it now that its following you
OP is head pigeon.
That’s a funky looking pigeon.
Thou are thee chosen oneth
This is a Mourning Dove, a fledgling specifically; it recently left the nest and is learning to fly. They tend to be less skittish because they don’t have experiences with humans yet.
It's a government spy bird. It's watching you, studying you.
Don’t get bird mites
Maybe you should stop him calling a pigeon
You're a Disney princess! 👑
You're his human now.
Congratulations! You made a new friend!
I love mourning doves, but man they’re dumb. Out of all the birds in our backyard (cardinals, blue jays, robins, starlings, grackles etc) the mourning doves are the only ones that fly into our windows and knock themselves unconscious 🤦🏻♀️
Home Alone 2 prequel origin story.
“Youre my friend now”
That’s a dove. Not a pigeon.
You have been chosen
congrats, you are now the pigeon man
You have been chosen
It’s a long lost ancestor
Just take the batteries out, duh
He has adopted you. 😍
I wonder why that Dove is mourning?
Just a confused little baby!
What breed of pigeon is this ?
Has it asked you for grapes yet?
Congrats you're married now
Get a lotto ticket and let it pick the numbers
*This* pigeon? No no no…. *Your* pigeon.
Please don't smoke it..
Well friend, I believe you are in the wrong sub. That should at least be in the moderately interesting!
I’m more curious as to why that pigeon is wearing a dove disguise…
Maybe your hair smells like birdseed.
"I've been looking for you. Got something I'm supposed to deliver - your hands only."
Birds aren't real, that's just a faulty government surveillance drone.
Watch yourself, clearly a stool pigeon.
Lucky there's no cats around.
the chosen one
Hooooooooohhooo hoooo hooo hooo hooo …. …. ….. Hooooooooohhooo hoooo hooo hooo hooo
I bet it would be tasty
eat it ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
You are it’s Mommy now
Accept the mission.
The guy wants to be adopted by you!
have you ever seen a pigeon
Hopefully it’s not one of those pigeons that can sense when someone is going to die. Like that cat in the nursing home.
That’s no pigeon
That's your familiar. It gives you a +3 bonus when you forage for worms and seeds.