my parents once found a baby pigeon, fallen from its nest. much younger than this one. i never saw anything so horrific. but they fed it with a mixture of babyfood, milk and sugar through an eyedropper and it turned out, eventually, to be a gorgeous bird and very very smart and friendly.
I raise pigeons and this one is already to far to the cute side for me. But I guess their nest habits do match their ugliness, the mated pair will make a nest of straw held together by excrement.
January 23, 2009
I've heard it asked in mysterious tones, 'have you ever seen a baby pigeon?' The implication being that maybe, just maybe they don't exist. I dismissed this out of hand. After all, I've never seen a baby eskimo, but I assume they procreate much like other humans.
And, wouldn't you know it, I've been right all along. The picture below settles this debate once and for all. You've all now seen a baby (or juvenile, at least) pigeon, and it turns out that they are freaky. That probably explains why their parents keep them out of sight.
Photo source: Hinderik [Image]
posted by Raging Wombat at 12:10 PM on Jun 21, 2007
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Close this window Jump to comment formExtremely ugly! Truly worthy of this website!
June 21, 2007
that's because nobody asked me. they actually get pretty close to full grown before they're even close to being full fledged...
wait for it....
June 21, 2007
That kind of made me sick to my stomach a little.
It's a better wake up than coffee this morning!
June 22, 2007
At least it grows into its nose...beak...whatever...
June 22, 2007
Ha-chachachacha! /Jimmy Durante
--TwoDragons
June 22, 2007
my parents once found a baby pigeon, fallen from its nest. much younger than this one. i never saw anything so horrific. but they fed it with a mixture of babyfood, milk and sugar through an eyedropper and it turned out, eventually, to be a gorgeous bird and very very smart and friendly.
June 26, 2007
I guess we all improve with age.
June 27, 2007
My brain is having trouble processing this because of my deeply held belief that ALL baby animals are CUTE!
So, this lil' one MUST be cute. Erm... *head-SPLODE*
Mind you, pandas take a pretty long time to turn into the cute little fuzz-balls we all love...
June 27, 2007
i can probably get a pic of a baby eskimo
April 18, 2008
I raise pigeons and this one is already to far to the cute side for me. But I guess their nest habits do match their ugliness, the mated pair will make a nest of straw held together by excrement.
January 23, 2009