What Ho! Ah! To live with a What Ho on my lips and a Gentleman's Gentleman… {sigh}… Such is life…

The Pigeons – June 5, 2008

Day 26 of the Pigeon Chronicles...

Today I again found both chicks in a neighboring pot but they quickly hopped back into their own pot as soon as they saw me.

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The Pigeons – June 6, 2008

Day 27 of the Pigeon Chronicles...

I found the chicks at the other end of the balcony in the Tulasi pot. They had never ventured so far from their nest before.

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The Pigeons – June 4, 2008

Day 25 of the Pigeon Chronicles...

The chicks have lost most of their baby yellow bristles and look like adult pigeons. Brave Heart as I call the more courageous chap is larger than the timid chappie.

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I caught Papa & Momma on film today! They were on the balcony parapet when I walked in but flew off to perch below the parapet. I took these two photographs looking down on them.

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The Pigeons – June 3, 2008

Day 24 of the Pigeon Chronicles...

Momma & Papa seem to be trying to entice the chicks to try flying. I haven't seen them do it but I hear them from the bedroom and they keep tryin to push the chicks out of their pot.

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The Pigeons – June 2, 2008

Day 23 of the Pigeon Chronicles...

There is a marked difference in the behavior of the two chicks. The timid one always hides behind it's sibling who glares at me all the time.

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