Living in Montlake near the Arboretum in Seattle since 1987: although infrequently, only last year did we begin getting Band-tailed pigeons (BTPI) at out bird feeder.

This year, this species is a regular at our Yankee Droll tube feeder. Yesterday we had 3 BTPI all perched at once on the round tray at the bottom of the feeder. They obviously were very crowded, but have adapted to feeding on the hulled sunflower seeds.

Just thought I would mention this, in case others have been seeing an increase in this attractive species in the Seattle area.


Eric Kowalczyk
Seattle