Pigeons Survival
By Sky
@skysnap (20153)
August 1, 2016 6:37am CST
I see very few sparrows and crows in my city. I mean seeing them is so rare that I am doubting if they are having trouble adopting to the city. It could be pollution and the mobile towers that are affecting their fertility.
For some reason I think nature is something at play here. Pigeons which are very resilient in such case are surviving just fine. Not just survival but they are growing more rapidly. In some cities they are more in number than any other animal and birds combined.
I don't know what makes them easy for adapting to changing human condition. Not even humans have adopted to such things that easily.
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@stifler0207 (514)
• New Delhi, India
1 Aug 16
Mobile towers are the major reason for this. Due to increase in mobile towers there is increase in lots of radiations. The radiations which emits from the mobile tower effects the bird embryo.
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@stifler0207 (514)
• New Delhi, India
1 Aug 16
@skysnap You will found pigeon inside buildings not on the tree.
@JolietJake (50190)
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1 Aug 16
@stifler0207 Yep...never seen a pigeon nest in a tree or bush yet...
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@quantum2020 (12041)
• Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
2 Aug 16
Could it be that they have found a natural environement in which they can thrive without problems.
@OreoBrownie (3755)
• Commerce, Georgia
2 Aug 16
Go with the flow, I guess. Humans adapt to survive. I think it has to do with finding others of your kind to align yourself. I can't change well anymore, but I used to.
@JolietJake (50190)
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1 Aug 16
Meanwhile, where I live, pigeons have declined over the years, but sparrows are everywhere. It's probably much different in a bigger city where pigeons have plenty of places to roost and build nests.
@JolietJake (50190)
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1 Aug 16
@skysnap We have industry, we also had a program to eradicate pigeons. The sparrows don't bother us, the pigeons were a nuisance.
@skysnap (20153)
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1 Aug 16
@JolietJake ah i see. that explains the less number.
I heard that there is one village in australia where they captured and shipped budgies and sent overseas for sale instead of mass killing.
@amadeo (111938)
• United States
1 Aug 16
we do not have any here.Never saw them around.Maybe they do not like the country
@PainsOnSlate (21849)
• Canada
2 Aug 16
I never see a pigeon ever, except in a city. There must be something in their genes that attaches them to cities.
@cacay1 (84986)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
1 Aug 16
Fly pigeons fly, we rarely see them now. In NZ pigeons there are human friendly , that is because they are animals and birds-friendly.
@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
2 Aug 16
Are the mobile towers affecting the birds' lives? It could be. This is the price of development; nature had to be affected so much.
@anamika161088 (11866)
• India
2 Aug 16
Pigeons are rare in my area but a lot of peacocks and peahen can be seen dancing early morning and in evenings. Looks beautiful!
