sandeyeOOPS!
July 25th 2008 18:27
Smokey and Spotty have visited a couple of times this week. He is quite affectionate to us both, proving the point to mankind that males can easily have two loved ones of different form. Not only did he fly directly onto my head - where he pooped on my hoodie!! - and then to my wrist, from whence he climbed up my arm to my shoulder, when I opened the door to check the laundry, but ten minutes later, he was on my windowsill busily preening his wife.
He was going so fast and enthusiastically, I had to be amused. Most pigeons enjoy preening and nibbling the feathers of their mate, that is not news. What is news, is how fast they can do this. Some birds mellowly nibble carefully around the head and neck, slow but sure. Others - uh, Smokey at any rate - will frantically munch away, rapidly circling his wife's face. Usually, the recipient will bend their head to one side, and shut their eye if their partner's beak gets too close. Spotty was doing head circles to keep up with her husband!
I did try to take a photo, but not wishing to disturb the lovers left the curtain down. At the pace they were going, that was a mistakle - in that I had another failure to add to my photo collection!
He was going so fast and enthusiastically, I had to be amused. Most pigeons enjoy preening and nibbling the feathers of their mate, that is not news. What is news, is how fast they can do this. Some birds mellowly nibble carefully around the head and neck, slow but sure. Others - uh, Smokey at any rate - will frantically munch away, rapidly circling his wife's face. Usually, the recipient will bend their head to one side, and shut their eye if their partner's beak gets too close. Spotty was doing head circles to keep up with her husband!
I did try to take a photo, but not wishing to disturb the lovers left the curtain down. At the pace they were going, that was a mistakle - in that I had another failure to add to my photo collection!
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