Why Do You Never See Baby Pigeons? | Notes And Queries

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Amy Boughton, London, UK

• Because you haven't looked in the right place. They are in the nest making feathers which will give them the appearance of an adult pigeon. Young pigeons, or squabs, make a very tasty food which was much more popular in past centuries when dovecotes were constructed to encourage pigeons to nest and provide meat.

  Richard Avery, Seville, Spain

• This is one of those questions that gets repeated all the time without anyone ever actually thinking about it very hard. Pigeons don't fledge (leave the nest) until they are almost adult-sized and those that don't know what to look for can't tell a baby pigeon from an adult one. In the case of Woodpigeons (the fat ones that you see on your lawn), the young ones are those without a white flash on the neck. I saw one last night, actually, whilst having dinner in my garden. You'll probably see them everywhere now you know what they look like.

  Max Wurr, Stanmore, United Kingdom

• I once saw one that fell out of its nest during heavy winds and an uglier monstrosity you will never see.

  Chris Steele, Linton, England

• You never see baby pigeons because the little buggers all have asbos and aren't allowed out of their nests untill they reach maturity.

  Barbra Windsor Jnr, Aberyswyth

• Pigeons don't have babies. New pigeons grow inside of old pigeons until they explodes out of them. This sound logic explains why you never see pigeon nests, eggs, or babies.

  Greg Ohannessian, London

• It's true that they all have ASBO's - also some very noisy pigeons on the roof opposite my flat window gave birth 2 weeks ago, and they have gone from being small yellow squeaking beggars to full pigeon colored in that short time. If not slightly smaller, give it another 2 weeks at that pace, they will be out pecking at your bins and crapping on your head.

  Neil O'Connell, Brighton, England

• Just 5 minutes ago, I went to see a baby wood pigeon which is tucked away in a conifer not far from my back door. I've watched both mum and dad going in and out for the last month or so. Amazing! When I go and look, it doesn't seem to bother her but when on its own the little one raises itself up and sticks its chest out! The downside is I've got bird poo all over my patio. Oh well, can't have everything! :(

  Helen Wilshaw, Shropshire, UK

• You never see baby pigeons because they are machines in a government conspiracy to distract us from the fact that our country is full of foreigners

  Duncan Flight, West Hoathly, UK

• Because they are Ninja Assassins until they get their own brood. They are trained by their parents to hunt down enemies of the Government. The adults lose their powers at a certain age, and are subsequently killed. Feral city pigeons survive by disease generated in private labs.

  Lium Incendia, Bournemouth, England

• You never see baby pigeons because they are machines in a government conspiracy to distract us from the fact that our country is full of racists.

  Kensaye Russell, London, UK

• It's true, you never see them because you aren't looking. We have been fortunate to have a pigeon make a nest under a step on our fire escape. Two eggs were laid, and two lovely fluffy little chicks were born, one yesterday and one today.

  Ray, London UK

• You never see baby pigeons as pigeons are a myth and they are in fact all just ugly ducklings

  calum lewis, york yorkshire

• I have seen the eleusive baby pigeon - and I have photographic evidence - www.squabspot.blogspot.com

  Michael Bevans, New York City USA

• I have a seen a pigeon and her squabs in my kitchen window. They have been there for a week now and have hatched from the eggs. Growing day by day

  Abhay Rathod, Pune, India

• Babies of Pigeons exist just like any other birds. Outside my kitchen window and my bedroom window, pigeon couples have tried several times to hatch their eggs but each time they lay em, crows makes them their feast. Bu one of them has been lucky and I've seen it grow right from an egg to almost adulthood in a span of slightly more than a month. If you want to see baby pigeons, put out seeds and water for the adults and babies will follow.

  Dhruv Sagar, Mumbai India

• I have seen a baby pigeon walking about with what appeared to be the parent birds. I watched it for about 5 mins then I had to go.

  Anne Coyle, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire

• The reason why you never see baby pigeons is because they have all been in a secret recording studio with the Chuckle Brothers, making a rap song as a crew... to be released soon and entitled "to me, to you".

  Jack Wilkens, London, England

• The reason baby pigeons are rarely seen is simple - they don't naturally breed in the UK. The grand canyon in the US is the only place where enough pigeons could breed to supply the world. In any case, what else would the Grand Canyon be used for! Once mature, these pigeons then hitch rides on boats or can be seen clinging to the underside of airplanes crossing the Atlantic in order to return to Europe. Recently however, the presence of pigeons in many major European cities have actually been shown to have a positive effect on local economies by the Institute for Fiscal Studies through the eco-tourism they attract. Thus governments throughout the EU have built chasms beneath the many of the continent's famous plazas. These so called "faux-grand-canyons" ensure that pigeon populations in places such as Trafalgar square are high all year round.

  Adam Turner, Stourbridge UK

• Baby pigeons are assigned from birth To clean the back of Sasquatch from cooties. So when you find Bigfoot you'll find baby pigeons.

  Gary, Shandon Ohio US of A

• the baby pigeon development cycle. Week 1 a bib, week 2 a squib, week 3 a squab, week 4 a mob

  Lucas Martin 8, London UK

• We never see baby pigeons because the parents nest in old buildings and in rafters of buildings and sometimes in chimneys.

  bird man, new castle Barbados

• I've been watching pair of pigeons protect and hatched two eggs over the past two weeks, I have pictures to prove plus theyre sitting and waiting on the second egg to hatch it's so amazing.

  nikki, tooting bec england

• You never see baby pigeons because I eat them all.

  Claire, London UK

• You just don't look hard enough. I'm currently raising a wood pigeon who fell from a tree and was attacked by crows (he's injured). Although they don't leave their nests until they're fledglings, when they are fledglings they already look like adults, just a little fuzzier, but you wouldn't notice if you didn't know what to look for.

  Hope, Macclesfield, England

• Baby pigeons have great taste in music, which would explain why they've been a mystery for the past few decades, the closer you get to Miley Cyrus, the farther away the baby pigeons are.

  Jackie Moon, Flint Let's Get Tropical

• Two years back a rock piegon couple made a nest of few twigs at my windowsill. After 15 to 20 days the chics were seen. Interestingly it was the papa piegon who took the responsibility to look after the eggs as well as chics. Both chicks continued to be in the nest till they grew up to large size. Then I noticed a very strange phenomenon. Pigeons are known to be very peaceful. However another pigeon couple wanted to build their nest at the same place. What I saw shocked me as the two pigeon couples fought with claws, beaks and wings with unusual ferocity. Once I saw the intruding couple attacking the chicks to the extent of wounding them and drawing blood in absence of their parents. So pigeon chicks are easy game not only for the crows but also other pigeons.

  Sharad Gaonkar, Mumbai, India