Where Are The Baby Pigeons?

Saturday, March 11, 2006

While in San Francisco this week it hit me that I have never seen a baby pigeon.  A quick search and I came across an article on Discovery Online - Why You Never See Baby Pigeons.

...pigeons are parents non pareil. They lay only two eggs at a time, and spoil those babies shamefully. “The parents will feed the babies until they’re totally feathered out,” Heppner reported proudly. “By the time they leave the nest, they’ll be about the same size as the adults…

Mystery solved.

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