Well, the pigeons were back in our son's balcony! They settled on to an empty flower pot again, on the one that had just plain soil filled in. They laid 2 eggs, as usual, in a span of 48 hours. They kept them well. Brooded... and finally hatched them. The little ones were very cute. They grew up in front of our eyes every day. The adults kept a very close watch on them. Whenever we playfully tried to poke our hand near the little ones, the adults bounced on us with a noisy pat with wings and a yell to shoo us away. They were always guarding the balcony. They brought food for the little ones regularly. Our son kept watching them all the time. He talked about giving the young ones a better shelter on colder nights. He felt low whenever the adults didn't come back and show up at the balcony for a stretch of 10-12 hours.
While this was going on one side, there were more pigeons coming and trying to
settle in our main balcony as well as our son's balcony. They kept laying more eggs... we saw nearly 10 eggs over a period of 4-5 weeks... and we kept aborting all those! Would have been a menace if we had allowed them to progress!
These two little ones though, grew and learned enough, and finally they hopped down from the pot to the floor. They walked around. They played around in the balcony for a few weeks, and they grew slowly and steadily.
From the eggs that were laid around 18th May, finally the little one's grew up well... and... flew away around 10th July. A full cycle was complete successfully!! Take a look at the pictures.
To read all the postings in this 'Pigeon Surprise' series, click here.
While this was going on one side, there were more pigeons coming and trying to
settle in our main balcony as well as our son's balcony. They kept laying more eggs... we saw nearly 10 eggs over a period of 4-5 weeks... and we kept aborting all those! Would have been a menace if we had allowed them to progress!These two little ones though, grew and learned enough, and finally they hopped down from the pot to the floor. They walked around. They played around in the balcony for a few weeks, and they grew slowly and steadily.
From the eggs that were laid around 18th May, finally the little one's grew up well... and... flew away around 10th July. A full cycle was complete successfully!! Take a look at the pictures.
To read all the postings in this 'Pigeon Surprise' series, click here.
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