Amsterdammers call them 'flying rats'.

The wild ones are pretty horrible, but the kept ones are often beautiful, esp the 'post pigeons', or what ever you call them in English.

you can eat them!

You can shoot them!

lol

Yeah, why not?

G0d said:

classic

G0d said:

That's freaky.

i love most animals but when it comes to pigeons i sometimes have to restrain myself from booting them up the arse!

The dumb blondes of the bird world.

THIS GUY
[Edited 10/7/08 4:16am]

Ok.. I have been looking at this thread, and maybe somebody could help me.

We used to have mourning doves in our trees. They would coo every morning and night. They were so peaceful.

But now, they are gone! I don't know what happened. I wanted to call animal control in our neighborhood to find-out if they knew anything, but I was embarrassed.

We have coyotes and other wildlife. So do you think maybe the coyotes got our mourning doves?

lascantas said:

I hate that, we used to get song thrushes regularly in our backyard. Haven't seen one in a decade now.

Where do they go? Moved? Died out?

Nah i dont like pigeons
and i cant stand hood rats

DanceWme said:

Nada, Franchise
Nada, Shotcallers
Yeah, Sporty Thievz, Sporty Thievz
Uh huh, nada

A Pigeon is a girl who be walkin' by
My rimmed up blue, brand new sparklin' five
Her feet hurt so you know she want a ride
But she frontin' like she can't say hi
What?

1 - (Uh oh) Ya'll chicks ain't gettin' nada
(Uh oh) Your pussy ain't worth the Ramada
(Uh oh) Anyway your friend looks hotter
(Uh oh) Game is somethin' we got alot a

2 - (Uh oh) Cause I don't want no Pigeons
Them be them girls who gets no dubs from me
Playin' the bar dumb broke wit her best friend's coat
Tryin' to holler at me

I don't want no Pigeons
Them be them girls who gets no dubs from me
Playin' the bar dumb broke wit her best friend's coat
Tryin' to holler at me

In the front of the club I see this girl like, "Yo love"
Thought she said thug but she called me a scrub
Scrub? What? She musta talk me a joke
Broke Pigeonhead freak, you lucky I spoke
This ain't my Benz there, it's my man's, yeah
But this ain't my car like that ain't your hair
(Uh-Oh) Pigeon, take them fake jewels off
(Uh-oh) Pigeon, take your friend's shoes off
(Uh-Oh) Pigeon, the hell with that crazy shit
Ya'll make me sick, go home and fuckin' babysit
My big dogs don't love this
King Kirk bitch, get a brush, and scrub this (right)

Repeat 1

Yo, chill cousin, these birds is ill cousin
Cause they call me scrub like we can't even bill cousin
Trick Ronald's, you ain't worth the McDonalds
Throw you on the street team, make you shit vinyls
Hey yo Flex, shorty tried to flash me wrong
How she gonna wear sandals wit nasty corns?
That be wrong
I wonder how you get hearts
In dirty Victoria draws with the skidmarks
Uh, ya flat ass gets enough laughs
Take it to the salon, pluck ya mustache
So next time you shotgun, and that hoe bitchin'
Hittin' you a scrub, call that bitch a Pigeon

Hey yo, I got two nuts bitch, choose a ball
You only walk Pigeon-toed cause ya shoes are small
You don't shop, you just cruise the mall
No dough, with Lee Press-Ons
Frontin' with ya girlsfriend dress on
You birds wanna take over?
Get some cash and a Jenny Jones makeover
Broke Bitches, I hate Pigeons
Dirty braid Pigeons, medicaid Pigeons, Section Eight Pigeons
Got me fed, burned I tell these birds Shutup
And how my left ear be double her whole getup
Go ahead with your lame ass, blow at night
Throw a ripped dolla at her, tell her put that on her depraved ass

If you got more than one baby father
Oh yes girl, we's talkin to you
If you strip all week to go clubbin'
Oh yes girl, we's talkin to you
Buy a dress to front and take it back to the store
Oh yes girl, we's talkin to you
Wanna smoke wit me, wit no money
Oh no, I don't want no

No Pigeons
No Pigeons

(DJ Rhude)
Greet your highness, Queen's finest
Gleam shin as three clip street fighters
Deep dish Jeep riders
Outlandish in they expanded rover
Passenger in my own whip, yeah that's my chauffer
I rap for ya, that's my culture
When I holla holla like Ja Rule
You in a trance from the god's jewels
Glance at my car, drool
Grand like the Concourse
Wonderin' damn, how much the car cost?
Ya just another fan, applause, encores
And when I fly through world tours on Concords
Don't need no chicken drippin, save that for Lipton
No scrubs here, strictly Mo' Thugs, dear
Check the listings, no Pigeons
Flat broke chicks, out to get rich off the next bro's shit
Instead of TLC, you give us brotha's B.I.G. trouble
We're just Sporty Thievz, huddle game with the illest rebuttal

Repeat 1

Repeat 2

No Pigeons
No Pigeons
No Pigeons

damn straight

dont get me started on the scrubs

Yuck!!

DanceWme said:

ZombieKitten said:

I really miss our mourning doves! I loved listening to them.

I hope they come back, but I do not know if it is possible. It is weird because they were there for so long, then suddenly nothing.

http://www.bio.davidson.e...index.html
Some mourning dove info

chillichocaholic said:

Thank you so much for this. I did try to search the internet, but I overlooked this article for some reason. This is the best one.

It says they "coo" during mating season,so maybe this is just not their mating season because it is mainly in the summer? But I missed hearing them this summer, too! Or maybe I took them for granted.

Also, their predators include humans, killing them for sport. Maybe some of our neighbors did not like their cooing and killed them. Or maybe they killined them for fun because people do this sometimes. I thought about this.

We also have snakes and squirrels, and these can be predatory, too.

I just hope I hear their calls again sometime soon.

lascantas said:

I hope so too and ure welcome