Winnie and Willy sleeping in Pigeon City again!

From the

Diary as of 4/22/ – 4/24/09

4/22/ – 4/23 – Winnie and Willy are sleeping together on the balcony in pigeon city again – so their babies apparently are grown enough to be left alone. They appear often during the day and eat like crazy. They are probably eating for four!

Emma has left her plaster eggs. She realizes quicker and quicker when the eggs will not hatch. Now she is flirting with Pete again. So there will be some new eggs soon again. Oh my – she has become an egg-laying-machine. But what can I do?

At least I could take off the roof of the nest, loosen up all the soil and clean it up a bit for the next “breeding cycle”.

4/24 – Tonight Jimi was sleeping in pigeon city and Willy was also here but alone – without Winnie.  And little Erwin was sleeping in pigeon city as well.  Apparently Pete did not want to chase him away. Winnie apparently slept with her kiddos again  in order to keep them warm because of the very cold wind (my assumption). Even Pete and Emma were huddling together – although I have never seen them sleeping so close together! Pete normally does not like it when Emma sits so close! He is very peculiar about his sleeping place. He is the patron! But the night was so cold and windy that he apparently needed Emma to keep the warmth. Sounds so humanlike – doesn’t it?

During the days we had quite a few pigeons which apparently chose our balcony as a safe harbour against the cold and the wind. So we suddenly had quite a lot of travellers here:

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Meetings in Cold weather…

From the

Diary as of 1/9/ – 1/16/09

It is still very cold and it is fun to watch who is coming with whom:

there are Mr. and Mrs. Smith, two very dark pigeons who looks abslutely similar, only the size is different. They are a bit bossy and self-assured.  Mr.Smith is fighting with Pete from time to time but in the end Pete is always defending his home!

Then there is Mrs. White Stocking and Mr. White Socks, also 2 pigeons that look similar – with a very beautiful and elegant pattern. You will see a couple of photos below.

Then there is a new one – Smoky – who’s feathers are somewhat brownish on her chest – I am sure she is a girl, simply because she is quite small, a little bit cheeky and Pete is courting her. He does not court any males!

Then there are Mr. and Mrs. Jones, he looks like Mr. Smith, she is a checkered one. Not so bossy like Mr. Smith but rather shy.

Then of course  we have Mr. Black and Igi, the beautiful back pigeon and a nice checkered one – Igi is the replacement of Hillary, who is the girlfriend of our Jimi, as you know.

And finally there is Mr. Schlomo and Mrs. Schlomskaja, grey pigeons which look like our Jimi but are different of course. Of course there is no-one like Jimi!

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Mrs. Smith

Mr. Smith

Mr. Schlomo

Mr. Schlomo and Mrs. Schlomskaja

Mr. Schlomo and Mrs. Schlomskaja and Mr. White Socks

Mrs. Schlomskaja with mouth full

“Our” Joey

Joey – dancing – isn’t he sweet?

This is lovely Mr. White Socks

Now look at these feathers – aren’t they extraordinary?

Emma still sitting on the Plaster Eggs…

From the

Diary as of 10/27/ – 11/8/08

10/27/08 Everybody is waiting for their seeds again – even Jimi and Joey are eating from the same pot without quarreling which is a miracle. Normally they don’t love each other very much –

Mr. Black came with 2 friends – one is the coloured checkerboard whom we called Hillary and the other is little Fritzi with a single little white feather on his head. Mr. Black is still behaving so funny – wobbling with his neck and he has a veeeeeery long one – never seen this with another pigeon….

And I hardly can believe it:
Emma still sitting on the plaster eggs and changing with Pete. They are nearly 2 weeks over the time now! what is happening here??????

10/28 – 11/8/08 Travelling again…came back on the 8th. Jimi did not appear for the breakfast frenzy – I was very worried. But he came on the next day – maybe he was travelling too and thought – oh well Mama is not here – so I can go as well…..
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This is little Fritzi, always plushed up like a feather ball because apparently he is always freezing. Poor little one – he is half the size of Jimi – I wonder why…

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