Charlie the Hatchling – 3 weeks+ old

For my pigeon loving readers on wordpress, here is Charlie – the 3rd pigeon to have been born on our balcony since April ’07 – with a nice set of feathers, taken last monday where he (or she) is probably around 3 weeks and 3 or so days old, catching some.. color in the sun [...]

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Charlie the Hatchling – 9 to 11 days old

Look what dad and I found on our balcony last wednesday! That’s right, a wee little baby pigeon! Last thing I expected to find there in the end of June, but there it was, a little baby pigeon! His, or her, name is Charlie (my friend Ticara came up with the name.) Full name is [...]

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Frankie the Hatchling – week 2

Not a lot to report on Frankie today, except that for a moment I thought someone had stolen him when I didn’t find him sitting in the spot he’d been sitting the past 2 weeks. See, what else is a girl to think? Makes perfect sense that I thought someone had climbed six floors up, [...]

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Frankie the Hatchling – day 13

So, Frankie and I had fun today; I made fun of his hair, he just looked at me; I told him how I have a dentist appointment this Wednesday; he just looked at me and after that we sat together in silence for a while. Either he’s a good listener or he’s just very bored [...]

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Frankie the Hatchling – day 11

I didn’t think Frankie had changed this much since yesterday’s post, but his feathers have grown considerably since then, from a hint of such to something you can actually call feathers. And he’s starting to lose more and more of that yellow fuzz.

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Frankie the Hatchling – day 10

Hey look at that, Frankie is starting to look less like a Beatle. I’m not completely satisfied with this photo, I tried various lenses and settings but I just couldn’t get the shot I wanted, but at least it shows the 10th day, where his feathers are starting to make a small appearance, after the [...]

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Frankie the Hatchling – 8 days old

Frankie tried to stand up today, I assume to try and get away from me. Can’t blame him, if I was as tiny as a pigeon’s foot I’d want to run, too. But his legs couldn’t hold him for more than a second. Original size here. He was facing the wall, so unfortunately I couldn’t [...]

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Frankie the Hatchling – 6 days old

This is from Monday (Apr. 14) but my computer and Photoshop make for a very slow combination so I put off posting it right away. I think I like it better taking Frankie’s picture from the front instead of from above, or better, I should just take photos from several angles. I should use my [...]

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Frankie the Hatchling – 4 days old

Finally, the photo we’ve all been waiting for! Or was it just me? But here it is, the latest addition to our balcony: Frankie the pigeon, 4 days old! I don’t know if the other egg has hatched yet, I don’t think it has and I have no idea if it still will, but YAY [...]

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Papa-pigeon ruins photo

Lately I’ve been noticing 2 pigeons hanging out on our balcony and seen them in the corner where a previous pigeons’ nest had been, so I was hoping they’d stick around to make babies but I didn’t keep a close eye. And today (Tues. Apr. 8th) I walked out on the balcony after I saw [...]

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