----- Original Message -----
From: Ruth Sullivan <godwit at worldnet.att.net>
To: <edsplace at worldnet.att.net>; Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 3:45 PM
Subject: Re: Band Tailed Pigeons


> 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
> >
>
>