Do pigeons have relationships?

[Trustmeimadoctor]

Or is it a love them and leave them kinda thing?

We have a resident pair actually maybe a thruple and I've just never noticed this behaviour before but I'm not a twitcher

[zygalski]

Wood pigeons generally mate for life.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

That's them then it's funny watching them sat with a wing over the other one

[Boosted LS1]

Yes, wood pigeons as said above and also collared doves. You'll often see pairs of both species together, resting up and necking. Not to mention bonking displays by the woodies.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

Ours do seem to be a thruple tho as they are often 2 males with one female sat together

[PArbor1]

I used to keep racing pigeons and they will mate for life.

[juice]

We've got 2 wood pigeons in our garden. We've called them George & Mildred

[Nightmare]

Trustmeimadoctor said:

Ours do seem to be a thruple tho as they are often 2 males with one female sat together

In my experience there is Always a 3rd male hanging around like a spare part. We have a pair of woodies and collared doves in the garden and there’s a spare of each. The ‘spare’ collared dove got eaten by a sparrowhawk recently and it was only 2 days until another spare male arrived. Maybe they’re opportunistic breeders as it were?

[Old Merc]

These two are always mucking around in our garden. I think they want to bath together?



I will have to get a bigger bird bath though.

[bunchofkeys]

Old Merc said:

These two are always mucking around in our garden. I think they want to bath together?



I will have to get a bigger bird bath though.

Your duck is broken

[mickyh7]

Shooting Pigeons over Decoys, its normal to add the first few shot/dead ones as extra decoys.
Very common to see birds coming down and immediately trying to 'Hump' the dead ones.
Relationships Hmmm.
Strange ones!

[hotchy]

That's why I slow down to 0.0001mph every 50 yards every morning so the slow sleepy pigeons get out the way. I'd feel upset widdowing one.

[isaldiri]

I believe so. My brother saw a peregrine catch one and it was (quite bravely) mobbed by another pigeon while returning.

[mikal83]

Theres a heck of a lot of the buggers around us at the mo, dont think I've seen so many. And as above, all in pairs. now wheres me gun!

[mickyh7]

mikal83 said:

Theres a heck of a lot of the buggers around us at the mo, dont think I've seen so many. And as above, all in pairs. now wheres me gun!

They are decimating crops at the moment.
Its amazing how much damage they do to a field of sprouting greens.
Real problem for Farmers.

[Old Merc]

mickyh7 said:

mikal83 said:

Theres a heck of a lot of the buggers around us at the mo, dont think I've seen so many. And as above, all in pairs. now wheres me gun!

They are decimating crops at the moment.
Its amazing how much damage they do to a field of sprouting greens.
Real problem for Farmers.

I was having fun with my pigeon photos. To be serious they are a pest, my son called them "Flying Rats". Just look at the damage they cause to historical buildings and monuments.

[Boosted LS1]

Who built the buildings and monuments? It was us, what do you expect would happen?

[mickyh7]

Boosted LS1 said:

Who built the buildings and monuments? It was us, what do you expect would happen?

Tell you what, lets give them all first names and they can come and live in our houses.
I'm talking about Wood Pigeons.
Not the Scabby Town Pigeons which carry all sorts of disease.
Even London has banned feeding them, they are so dirty.