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“Some youngsters settle down close to their hatching site, and others travel farther, but nobody knows exactly how far they go on average. Once they get there, though, they waste no time in making new pigeons. The age of sexual maturity is pretty variable, but birds can start to pair up when they're only six to eight months old. All too soon, the newly adult pigeons are dancing, strutting, and building their terrible nests . . .”
― 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
“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
“. . . 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
“Try this: Think about what the words 'pigeon' and 'dove' mean to you. Many people think of pigeons as dirty and doves as peaceful, elegant, and even holy. But you've been fooled by Big Dove. Technically speaking, pigeons and doves are the same thing.”
― 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
“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.)”
― 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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