Re: How to protect pigeons from hawks

Thanks again! It is not easy to turn out these pigeons. We named them!
Csapi had an injured leg and an injured wing from falling out from the
nest (we now think that they might have been pushed by an adult male -
not sure). Its left side large feathers are white. Pötyi has three
white dots on his chest. This one injured his but when he fell out of
the nest and could not poop. We noticed that he was wasting away and
picking at his but. We noticed something black in his but and picked at
it with tweezers. A finger long poop came out. It took about two months
before they could fly well and they got along perfectly. They became
enemies after Pötyi took a mate (women make men do crazy things) and
chased Csapi away. I made a platform right under the roof overhang next
to the garage door. I keep food and water there. Csapi and his mate
come to eat there. I still feed Pötyi and his mate in the garage and
let them sleep there but I do not let them make a nest - in hopes of
them going somewhere else to make a nest. I also put out a plastic owl
on a post. My wife thinks that I am nuts but in my defense; she is the
one who brought them home.

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