The “can’t build proper nests because we bred their instinct out of them” thing is kind of an urban legend, even wild, undomesticated, ancestral Rock doves in their native habitat just throw in a couple sticks and call it a day, it’s just that in their natural habitat they nest in holes like this
You: Please act normal; you need these people to like you.
Me: OK!
People: Hi
Me: We literally domesticated and then abandoned pigeons and now they don't know how to live if not alongside us and they can't even build proper nests but we reject them and call them pests when they stick around and
There are populations of completely wild pigeons left! More than scientists expected, even, but they’re pretty rare and arguably endangered because it’s so difficult to tell the difference between a wild rock dove and a hybridized rock dove without a dna test m.jpost.com/science/arti...
we left a box on our deck that had rolled up xmas lights in it by accident once and the pigeons just kinda threw 3 sticks on it and boom. it was already nest shaped so it was fine lol
but oh boy they ruined those lights
I don’t remember what video I watched but they were like, pigeons could make more substantial nests if the environment requires it, but for cliffs and buildings, it doesn’t doesn’t make sense for them to use the energy to build it when they could use it more toward caring for the eggs.
Their natural characteristics made them easy to domesticate. They are kinda crappy nesters, and people would steal the chicks, pigeon just lays another egg on its' pile of sticks.
