• _bcron_@lemmy.worldEnglish
      60·
      10 days ago

      In the wild they tend to build these rickety-ass little nests in places where predators have a hell of a time reaching or noticing, and rely on their chicks to basically build a fortified bunker of poop (most other species clean up but that’s a different topic).

      But then humans came along and built enormous vertical monolithic structures everywhere with little eves and outcroppings and the pigeon is now king. Hawks? Cats? Foxes? No biggie

      It’s weird to think that if our architectural tendencies leaned towards pyramids we’d probably have a goat problem about as bad, goats just randomly hanging out on the sides of buildings lol

  • PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de
    35·
    10 days ago

    city pigeons are descended from rock pigeons which in nature breed on the ground on tall cliffs and stuff, they don’t really build proper nests. This is part of why they thrive in cities, since tall buildings are a perfect nesting opportunity.

    • ✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.world
      13·
      10 days ago

      Yeah, they primarily used cliffs with sheltered nooks before they were domesticated, so as long as they don’t roll off the ledge who cares

  • pseudo@jlai.lu
    17·
    10 days ago

    I destroyed repeatedly a pigeon nest-in-building because of a nasty experience I had the previous year. These determined little birds lay a egg during the night next to A SINGLE BRANCH!
    Latter they layed a second eggs unfortunately it has rolled over the edge of the balcony because of that.

    Crazy birds…

  • Dav09@mander.xyzEnglish
    9·
    10 days ago

    More than successful, l think that she thought half way in: “fuck it, good enough”

  • edinbruh@feddit.it
    8·
    10 days ago

    Pigeons’ nests aren’t made to keep stuff inside, they just need to prevent the eggs from rolling off.