When we moved into our village in '64, what pigeons there were lived as a group in the church belfry and bothered nobody. Today, they live amongst us like vermin (which they are IMO). They've displaced a lot of the traditional garden birds, so things like a thrush singing on my roof are a rarity. Pigeons carry histoplasmosis, cryptococcosis and psittacosis (look it up) none of which you want to catch. Avoid droppings if you can. I hate 'em with a vengence and often take potshots with a catapult and dried peas. Never hit one yet and I seem to feed more than I frighten. Illegal to harm them - what a joke!
TC
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