Roger, It is not a “Fan-tailed Pigeon” (Rock Dove) it is a little bit more fancy than that. My former Croatian neighbour used to keep “Tumbler Pigeons”. He would come home from work at around 5 pm and let his birds out. At around 5:10 a Peregrine would appear and “whack”, one less pigeon. He knew I worked on birds and asked me if I knew where the Peregrines nested so “we” could go out and kill them! He was less than impressed when I said I was on the Peregrines side. He also lost a just flying “Tumbler” to an Australian Hobby that got hit and killed about 10 feet above my head in my yard – the bird ended up stone dead at my feet! Cheers, Mark From: Williams, Roger [
Sent: Tuesday, 9 July 2013 5:16 PM
To: canberrabirds
Subject: [canberrabirds] DI please I took this photo to-day at Kama Reserve, it looks slightly different to the normal Rock Dove, may be a fantail Pigeon. ID please. |
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