sandeyePigeon eyes
July 6th 2009 15:18
I am not sure if many readers will get up close to enough pigeons to relate to this - but have you noticed the different eye colors of pigeons? It quite possibly is something that the majority of bird lovers - that are not showers or breeders - do not really tend to think about…
I noticed that nearly all of the turtle doves have the same tiny black bead-like dot for an eye, with only one or two out of dozens having a small orange outer circle surrounding this, but that pigeons have a much wider ranger of options. Taking as examples some of the pigeons I have photos of, here are four of the different colored eye possibilities -
1. Brownie, Baby, Bebe, etc - all have/had 'big brown' eyes.
2. Fluffy used to have a pale orangey-gold eye with a black center.
3. Black Scruff and many of the city pigeons have dark orange eyes with a small black center.
4. Smokey had white eyes with a black center - and the white appeared to be bloodshot! (If he were human, you might say he was a drunk or angry being…!)
I noticed that nearly all of the turtle doves have the same tiny black bead-like dot for an eye, with only one or two out of dozens having a small orange outer circle surrounding this, but that pigeons have a much wider ranger of options. Taking as examples some of the pigeons I have photos of, here are four of the different colored eye possibilities -
1. Brownie, Baby, Bebe, etc - all have/had 'big brown' eyes.
2. Fluffy used to have a pale orangey-gold eye with a black center.
3. Black Scruff and many of the city pigeons have dark orange eyes with a small black center.
4. Smokey had white eyes with a black center - and the white appeared to be bloodshot! (If he were human, you might say he was a drunk or angry being…!)
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