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“The floor of the nesting area has to be flat so it'll support the haphazard pile of sticks that they call a nest.”
― A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching: Getting to Know the World's Most Misunderstood Bird
― A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching: Getting to Know the World's Most Misunderstood Bird
“Red-Tailed Hawk: North Americans are lucky that this huge, gorgeous hawk with a brick-red tail is a common species. In rural settings, it's often seen hunting from perches like fence posts and telephone poles. But across the continent, it has become habituated to city life. This has earned it many admirers; for instance, there are multiple books about a beloved New York City redtail named Pale Male who once nested near Central Park. On the other hand, people get alarmed when a red-tailed hawk plunks a dead pigeon onto the hood of their car and starts to chow down. There's no satisfying some folks.”
― A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching: Getting to Know the World's Most Misunderstood Bird
― A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching: Getting to Know the World's Most Misunderstood Bird
“Now that I was thirty-six, my eggs were almost eligible for an AARP card and I needed to decide on a plan of action.”
― Drunk-ish: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving Alcohol
― Drunk-ish: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving Alcohol
“. . . some women don't have trouble staying sober when they're pregnant because those hormones are like God's sedatives and somehow make abstaining from alcohol seem like a totally reasonable idea.”
― Drunk-ish: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving Alcohol
― Drunk-ish: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving Alcohol
“When a pigeon pair picks a nesting spot, the female sits there and urges the male to bring her sticks, straw, feathers, and other material that she arranges around herself in a loose disk. The resulting construction is best described by words such as 'flimsy,' 'haphazard,' and 'bad.' Some pairs don't even build a nest; they just lay eggs on their chosen ledge and sit on them.”
― A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching: Getting to Know the World's Most Misunderstood Bird
― A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching: Getting to Know the World's Most Misunderstood Bird
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