Although pigeons can be annoying, they can be a great learning opportunity. Robin and Griffin, our new pigeon residents, are currently making a nest in a small apple tree. They have made little progress. Every time the nest starts to take shape, one of them swoops in and destroys it. Obie, our Labrador, is always on watch and will happily have a go at grabbing one. Like the pigeons, he has made little progress and has only managed to jump and nip. He’s caught nothing.
One of our pigeons has finally laid an egg, and it might be one of the most gem-like things in nature. Although it is only one, there will be more. We know this because they have disappeared from the nest and this means they are getting ready to lay a second egg. Robin has likely…
Robin and Griffin, our local pigeons, are nearly done with the nest, but we had to help them. As we explained in Part 1, they kept destroying the nest, so we made a nest frame for them. Luckily, they accepted it, and the nest got bigger after that. Robin seems to always be on the…
