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Papa and the kids, four days ago, the first day they left the balcony

I thought they'd be gone by last weekend, but flight school apparently takes some time. Was awesome seeing their first excursions off of the balcony and onto the roof gutter. I was so happy to be there for it. And i have a video of them returning from their first little flight, haha. The older one seems now to go flying with papa, the smaller one - i think - with mama, at least they showed up together yesterday. The younger one still sleeps on my balcony. It has been alone there for the last two nights, first evening alone it seemed a bit worried. Maybe today it will find somewhere else to sleep, i think it may be two days younger than the other one.

This weekend i'll clean up the mess and barricade their nest spot so they don't keep breeding here. It was nice to have them but i kinda want the balcony back for myself, i was minimizing my balcony time so they could do their pigeon stuff in peace. Really caring parents, very nice to see.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for continuing the story!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Thak you! I have been following the family dramas of three pigeon couples in my yard since winter and nobody to talk to about it, haha. I feel like my friends think i'm crazy.

Removing the nest was kinda yuck, some weird substances there. And so much pigeon shit. But the lil ones turned out amazing. Compared to the other young pigeons they seem to be in amazing shape. Photos from today:

the older one

I believe the older one is a male, i think it is doing warning calls when i get out on the balcony, but it sounds very un pigeon like, cute baby pigeon sound.

lil one

Haven't seen it in for two days, was already a bit worried. It slept quite a few more days on my balcony but no more. It has no problem eating out of my hand, brother is a bit more sceptical but does it too. Mom and pops are also daily guests, as is the "aunt" and the poor "uncle" who took care of the widow, which sadly must have passed away like two weeks ago. She was such a gentle and beautiful pigeon RIP. 🥲 Life goes on.