We got our first pigeon egg on the balcony during the Easter vacation. The nest had been there for a while, and the birds, too. Vomiting in each other's beaks and being generally disgusting. Mom told us to remove it and we did. We didn't see them very much the next days.
The week after we saw that they were beginning on another nest in the other corner of our balcony. We removed it and they started again. Earlier this week we saw an egg there. We didn't do anything, we were kinda interested in what was going to happen. Yesterday we saw another egg. And we added one of our (not so good) chocolate easter eggs.
Apparently pigeon eggs hatch after 17 - 19 days and the babies will stay in their nest for two months before they start flying. We were still a little intrigued. I at least would like to see a bird learning how to fly. But we would also get pigeon bugs or mites or whatever, and we would have to listen to the baby bird screaming all day.
So we removed the nest and the eggs and everything.
2 comments:
Smartest thing to do. You don't want pigeons on your balcony. It is a pest.
It's so sad having to remove the nests, but even if it's not the right thing to do, it's the best thing to do none the less. (haha, you belated april fooled the birds with chocolate eggs? Priceless.)
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