Re Crested Pigeons fighting here’s an excerpt from a post I sent to the chat line in September 2007:
Two Crested Pigeons landed in the bare-branched White Cedar tree. They faced one another cooing, bowing and tail-fanning. Suddenly, one bird flew at the other kicking it once, twice, thrice in the chest. The impacts were palpable, the dominant
rooster appeared to be the Bruce Lee of Crested Pigeons.
The bashed bird left and the victor was soon joined by a female (we suppose) and much lovey-dovey, bill-and-neck rubbing ensued before the pigeon-pair tired of our voyeurism and repaired to a more secluded tryst.
John Layton
Holt.
