Hello Ed and Tweeters,
I live here in Fircrest what is in Tacoma.We have high count sometime(35)
There go on all feeders plus what the other birds are dropping.I lost one
pigeon to a Coopers Hawk before and the other day there where feathers every
where all over the yard.
One time i had so many Band tailed Pigeon on the ground s,stepping on my
patio there all flew it scared the hell out of me not expecting all this
birds taken of.There realy noisy when there start flying and than having a
large flock at this. In some area there are not to find and i am verry happy
to have this birds in my yard.

RuthSullivan
T acoma
godwit at worldnet.att.net
----- Original Message -----
From: Edwin Lamb <edsplace at worldnet.att.net>
To: Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 12:27 PM
Subject: Band Tailed Pigeons


> Hi Tweets,
>
> For many years, Band Tailed Pigeons have been relatively scarce around
> here. In our neighborhood, that is. Once in a while I would see one
> up high in the Fir trees or flying from tree to tree up high which is
> where they are supposed to hang out, as far as I know. For the last
> couple of years they have come down and discovered how to get
> Sunflower seed from my feeder. Up to now, their visits have been
> infrequent and not much of a problem. But now, they are showing up by
> the bunches. They are unloading the feeder in less than a day. Are
> we having a bandtailed pigeon population explosion? What are they
> supposed to eat, normally? I wish they would return to their regular
> diet, whatever that is. I think maybe we have a bunch of juveniles
> who have not yet learned how to work for a living. Perhaps we should
> stop putting out the free lunch for a while.
>
> Ed Lamb, Bellevue WA edsplace at worldnet.att.net
>