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Feed the Birds

These pigeons that hang out near the river are incredibly spoiled. Every time I visit the area, some one is feeding them something. There are a great many — much more than you see in this photo — and they are always fighting over the food people throw them. Maybe that is why so many people feed them — to watch them fight it out.

Once again, I’m reminded of the Goodfeathers.

The city conveniently has a vending machine near the river just for bird food. However, it does costs more than two pence a bag.

Feed the Birds

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Is That Food? I Think I See Food

I take way too many photos of pigeons. Hated they may be (although in previous times they were quite beloved1), but they are interesting to watch. This guy here just spotted some food. I know, because I threw some peanuts and watched as his head snapped on them immediately. Seconds later he and his buddies leapt at them and started fighting over them. Hmm… maybe that is why I like watching pigeons.

Pigeon Sees Food


  1. And in some places, still are. I mention a small bit about this here.

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Birds on Post

Not a care in the world, just waiting around to be fed by kind passerbyers. Or waiting to bludgeon someone to death if they are Goodfeathers. Hmm… probably the former.

What did pigeons do before humankind came along and started feeding them?

Birds on Post

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Ready For Liftoff

Daily HDR Photo — Ready For Liftoff

And the countdown has begun. He’s just itching to takeoff.

Ready for liftoff

These pigeons are all fat from everything people feed them. They can be pretty aggressive too. Drop a peanut and suddenly a swarm of them will appear and start fighting over it. I think this guy is watching for those dropped peanuts. Or any other food for that matter.

The pigeons gets a bad rap, I think. They are nice enough birds. The Sikhs believe that when they are reincarnated they will never go hungry if they have fed pigeons in their previous life. Some other religious groups in India believe that when a person dies his or her soul assumes the form of a bird (normally a pigeon) and therefore by feeding birds they are caring for the souls of their departed ancestors. So there you go — better feed that pigeon, it could be your great-grandma.

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