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Rosemary Mosco
“Pigeons take incubation seriously--maybe too seriously. Sometimes house sparrows pull feathers from the butts of nesting pigeons to line their nests. The pigeons weather this injustice stoically and just keep on incubating their eggs.”
Rosemary Mosco, A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching: Getting to Know the World's Most Misunderstood Bird

Rosemary Mosco
“The process of pushing out the egg is incredibly fast. Blink and you'll miss it. If you're a human parent, this relatively easy process might make you jealous. (Get ready to become even more jealous: A female pigeon is ready to lay her eggs just eight to twelve days after mating.)”
Rosemary Mosco, A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching: Getting to Know the World's Most Misunderstood Bird

Stefanie Wilder-Taylor
“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.”
Stefanie Wilder-Taylor, Drunk-ish: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving Alcohol

Rosemary Mosco
“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.”
Rosemary Mosco, A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching: Getting to Know the World's Most Misunderstood Bird

Rosemary Mosco
“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.”
Rosemary Mosco, A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching: Getting to Know the World's Most Misunderstood Bird

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