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Have you ever had the great fortune to see such a beautiful bird

kimi
as the Band-tailed pigeon? We had one visit our backyard to feed with other wild birds two or three years back and the wife and I were very excited about the chance to see it. I use to raise pigeons when I was a youngster, and this one truly made my day...for several days. Regretfully, we have not seen another one since that time, which happened to be the first time we have ever seen one.

http://www.audubon.org/sites/default/files/Band-tailed_Pigeon_t19-2-023_l_0.jpg

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  • Don McManus
    Never would have thought to put beautiful and pigeon in the same sentence, kimi.

    That, however, is a beautiful pigeon.
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  • us55840
    Pigeons have been called flying rats.

    'tis not unheard of for evil to be beautifully packaged. ;)
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  • MIKE WISKEY
    "Regretfully, we have not seen another one since that time"................so, how do they taste? :twisted:
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  • kimi
    MIKE WISKEY wrote:
    "Regretfully, we have not seen another one since that time"................so, how do they taste? :twisted:

    :shock: Not to worry...the world has forgotten the fellow who shot the last Passenger pigeon, too! :lol:;)
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  • asop
    I'm kind of a bird guy. Used to duck hunt alot down on the Ill. river. Had an albino Coot (garbage bird, but still) frequant the area for years. Then one night in a local bar this guy brags about shooting a white Coot. I had all I could do not to walk over to him . . . . :x
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  • jwb267
    granddad made good money raising them for the pigeon shoot every week back in the day. some actually escaped the shooting and made it back home.
    granddad would smile and say good bird
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  • He Dog
    There are quite a number of very beautiful pigeons and doves. Band Tails are nice. You should see some of the fruit doves and pigeons from Oz and the South Pacific. Some pretty ones in Europe and the middle east. The introduced blue rock dove (church pigeon) we are all used too, is one of the least attractive of the family.
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  • 320090T
    Point, pull, bang, poof!
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  • kimi
    He Dog wrote:
    There are quite a number of very beautiful pigeons and doves. Band Tails are nice. You should see some of the fruit doves and pigeons from Oz and the South Pacific. Some pretty ones in Europe and the middle east. The introduced blue rock dove (church pigeon) we are all used too, is one of the least attractive of the family.

    There really are a lot of beautiful pigeons and doves, Dale. The Band Tail was a huge treat for the wife and I...nothing quite like getting up in the morning, pouring a hot cup of coffee, and being greeted by the sight of wild birds, a squirrel, or some other type of wild animal in your backyard. I think many of Rock Pigeons are pretty, too. I've raised a great many types, and one of the most majestic birds that I have had was a French Carneau. He was a beautiful shade of a reddish brown.
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