about this Diary

I am the pigeonwriter and this is a diary about our feral pigeon family, Mommy Pigeon – that’s Emma, Daddy Pigeon – that’s Pete, Willi, the hot dog and little Joey.

Emma with Willy and Joey – the first breed

In the meanwhile we have Winni, the dark girl and my all times favourite, Jimi, the sweet (boy) and philosopher. I will tell you about our progress and how pigeons care for their babies and what else they are doing.

Winnie(right) and Jimi - the second breed

It is a very close observation about things that may not be known by anyone. We have a pigeon villa – which is THE NEST – and we have a pigeon city in the meanwhile where Pete and Jimi are sleeping…

Pete and Emma in pigeoncity

I am going to tell you what’s happening each day (or so) until Willi and Joey can leave the nest and fly away (or not).  And they are still here, coming every day and saying hello and getting their goodies…as well as Winni and Jimi – the second lot…

Would be nice if you say hello often…

update as of 10/27/08 - which is half a year later – they are still here – all of them – healthy and in good shape and having their breakfast feast each morning…

update as of 02/7/09 - you would have assumed? Pete and Emma still here and trying to breed a new batch – but I regularly replace the eggs with the plaster eggs – so this is true birth control! This also means that Emma and Pete don’t have more than the 4 kids I allowed them to have. And Willy and Joey and Jimi and Winnie are still coming several times each day to get their sunflower seeds. Willy and Winnie are a couple, Jimi has found a girlfried who is Hillary, Joey is still alone and has no partner. The kiddos don’t have kids on their own yet. I know that Willy and Winnie tried it once – but it did not work.

All of  “our” pigeons are in good shape and very healthy due to the good food. This is the purpose of the whole project – to keep them healthy and avoid illness.

Of course we have a lot of new visitors in the meanwhile too who regularly get their share of seeds. This way the whole flock that is around here is healthy. To my surprise the number of pigeons who roam this area has not really increased. I see only very few new pigeons.  Regarding their reproduction level this is truely amazing. Apparently very few new breeding cycles are really successful.
Emma and Pete continue to defend “their” territory, allow others -  more or less – to get to the food and the water, they use the balcony as a safe playing ground but no-one else is sleeping here!

update as of 06/13/09 - you might wonder what pigeoncity is made of and how I cope with the pigeon poop. Well – it’s my morning ritual to clean off all the poop first thing, then pigeoncity which is made of a couple of boxes, is cleaned up – new paper laid in every box and additionally I spray everything with vinegar/water in order to disinfect anything that could be a source for illness. I also clean up broom and spatula with which I clean everything on the balcony. New droppings are removed whenever they occur.

The fun and joy we have with “our” birds is well worth all the work.

We also have a second generation child: Angelo who is Willy’s and Winnie’s little son, their only child so far. He is such a beauty and we recognized him immediately when Willy and Winnie appeared to introduce him to us – yes, they really introduced him and he is now part of the pigeoncity family. Soon you will know the details…

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