Exhausted Wood Pigeon

[GriGGerS]

Found this little chap wandering around the garden at 7.30 this morning unable to fly..

Stuck him in the cat box and gave him some food and water and after 7 hours of rest off he flew... one less meal for the local cats..

[Cazzie]

Aww! Well done griggers

Looks like a juvenile to me. They're big birds and maybe he just hadn't found enough food locally to get his energy back?

[Lance Morgan]

yes its a young one. Glad he/she was OK thanks to you griggers.

[jdurbo]

Well done Griggers!!
(he might tell his friends where to go for food and a rest)

jen xxx

[Gill Catton]

apparently 44% of sick juv wood pigeons admitted to wildlife rescue places are suffereing from metabolic bone disease. Difficult to detect (requires x-ray) no mention of a possible cure, very sad, the future is decidedly less bright for these ones.

you can but try though

[clover green]

Good job Griggers! Griggers-1; Cats-0;

[Vixen]

well done Griggers

is it a Woodie or a Ferral, can't tell from that angel.

can always tell a young Pidge they beak look so so big LOL

[aeshna5]

Originally Posted by Vixen

well done Griggers

is it a Woodie or a Ferral, can't tell from that angel.

can always tell a young Pidge they beak look so so big LOL

It's a juvenile Wood Pigeon!

[GriGGerS]

Hi Guys

Thanks for your comments... After i let it go it sat on the neighbours roof an hour then off it went..

GriGGerS

[clover green]

Originally Posted by Vixen

well done Griggers

is it a Woodie or a Ferral, can't tell from that angel.

can always tell a young Pidge they beak look so so big LOL

Yes, I see what you mean Vixen! Hadn't really noticed that before.

[jamie_from-kent]

My mum was out the other day and she saw a woodpigeon on some grass with a kestral clinging on to it, the pigeon was still alive but i guess that is nature.

[aeshna5]

Originally Posted by jamie_from-kent

My mum was out the other day and she saw a woodpigeon on some grass with a kestral clinging on to it, the pigeon was still alive but i guess that is nature.

Are you sure it was a Kestrel? It would be very unusual, but not unheard of , for a Kestrel to take a Wood Pigeon, whereas female Sparrowhawks quite commonly take them.

[jamie_from-kent]

I did ask my mu that and she was quite certain it was a kestral and there are quite alot of kestrals where i live, so it is possible.

[Spoonbill]

Oh, yes, that's a juvenile Wood Pigeon and that's for sure. I saw one yesterday walking up and down along with about four adult Wood Pigeons. It didn't seem like the juvenile was able to eat though, since everytime I threw down nuts to him, he just ignored them. The other Wood Pigeons ate them though. I have seen them eat monkey nuts with the husk still on too. A adult Wood Pigeon then starting pecking the juvenile and the juvenile starting making meeping sounds. I am unsure if this was the mother or not, but she was pecking him quite hard.