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  • Doves--Birds of Peace?

    Just sitting here before going to work and as usual the birds are down at the feeding table.

    There are about 10 collared doves that visit but they spend more time squabbling and chasing one another off than they do feeding.

    Don't seem to peaceful to me!
    I am certain that the day my boat comes in, I'll be at the airport.

  • #2
    Doves are NOT peaceful creatures. They don't have formidable weapons, but that it EXACTLY why they can be as nasty as they like without wiping their species out. Wolves have built in 'rules' about fighting (a wolf won't injure a cub from its own pack, etc) because if their petty squabbles turned to real fights, there would soon be none left.
    If you can find a copy of "King Solomon's Ring" by Konrad Lorenz, it gives a lot of insight into the reality of animal minds and manners.
    Flowers come in too many colours to see the world in black-and-white.

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    • #3
      we used to have a colared dove ...... dead cute, but so flipping noisy ....... he got on well with the budgies though

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      • #4
        We aren't allowed to keep pigeons on our allotments but one guy has got round this by keeping white pigeons (flying rats!) and calling them doves.

        They still peck the brassicas and we now have some interestingly coloured woodpigeons as well
        My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
        to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

        Diversify & prosper


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        • #5
          Originally posted by Snadger View Post
          We aren't allowed to keep pigeons on our allotments but one guy has got round this by keeping white pigeons (flying rats!) and calling them doves.

          They still peck the brassicas and we now have some interestingly coloured woodpigeons as well
          'pet' pigeons are 'rock doves' (same species as the ones that scavenge in towns), Woodies are another species, but then birds seem able to breed across related species........
          Flowers come in too many colours to see the world in black-and-white.

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          • #6
            We have 2 of the collared variety , they sit side by side on the top of the rose arch and deposit guano in a pile underneath it!
            Mad Old Bat With Attitude.

            I tried jogging, but I couldn't keep the ice in my glass.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Hilary B View Post
              'pet' pigeons are 'rock doves' (same species as the ones that scavenge in towns)...........................................
              Also known as 'scemmies'!
              My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
              to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

              Diversify & prosper


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              • #8
                [QUOTE=Hilary B;318784]same species as the ones that scavenge in towns /QUOTE]
                Scemmies?
                They call em Chavs round here
                All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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