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  1. SarahRackowski

    Peanuts for pigeons?

    a bit spendy, but the birds I work with will KILL for these! https://nuts.com/nuts/peanuts/raw-spanish/1lb.html
  2. Will it harm my birds? (Identification of diurnal raptors for birdkeepers)

    Will it harm my birds? (Identification of diurnal raptors for birdkeepers)

    image subtitle: is this bird hazardous to your flock? Perhaps, on a crisp autumn day, you have found yourself sitting outside with your flock. Everything is peaceful until a dark shadow crosses the sky, your heart races- your birds scatter and scream. As a dark bird circles above, no doubt a...
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    Comment by 'SarahRackowski' in article 'Observations of "wild" chickens in Key West, Florida'

    All of the birds currently on the page are wild, a few days ago, before a reviewer cleaned up the page, there where a few white individuals of definable breeds (brahmas etc)
  4. Accounts on the behavior and identification of various North American doves commonly found in captivity-( Zenaida and Streptoplia)

    Accounts on the behavior and identification of various North American doves commonly found in captivity-( Zenaida and Streptoplia)

    Zenaida and Streptoplia- It has come to my attention that many keepers of doves have an interest in the natural behaviors of the species that they keep- because of this I will be publishing several articles describing the life histories of the species that I have seen first-hand in the wild that...
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    • african collared dove barbary doves eurasian collared dove exotic doves mouring dove pigeons ringneck dove white-winged dove
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  5. SarahRackowski

    Homosexual behavior in pigeons?

    This happens all the time! - https://academic.oup.com/beheco/article/18/1/21/209396
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    Comment by 'SarahRackowski' in article 'Observations of "wild" chickens in Key West, Florida'

    other birders have collected photos over the years and placed them here- please note the white birds are most likely domestic escapes...
  7. SarahRackowski

    Pheasant hybrids known to ornithologists- and few still unknown

    Depending on the species, it's not too hard, and hybrids can be produced without the aid of AI! With some species, such as the golden pheasant and lady Amherst's pheasant, the females are almost identical. Males will display to any female that looks like a member of its own species, and...
  8. SarahRackowski

    Pheasant hybrids known to ornithologists- and few still unknown

    got photos? I would love to see em'!
  9. SarahRackowski

    Can anyone identify this bird?

    definitely a domestic pigeon, I would call this bird either a Birmingham roller or, what it looks more like to me, a tippler (both are small, thin-billed breeds)
  10. SarahRackowski

    My pigeons are pooping in their water

    HI! something that also happens is birds enjoy where their water bowl is placed a little too much, to prevent this, make sure to watch you birds, if you see them preferring a site over the water bowl, you have two options: one- make the site less comfortable by changing the perch layout...
  11. SarahRackowski

    Pheasant hybrids known to ornithologists- and few still unknown

    wow! fascinating bird
  12. SarahRackowski

    Pheasant hybrids known to ornithologists- and few still unknown

    link to the original paper: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1017&context=johnsgard
  13. SarahRackowski

    Pheasant hybrids known to ornithologists- and few still unknown

    info taken from the paper: "Hybridization and zoogeographic patterns in pheasants" Johnsgard, P. A. (1983) I have attached a link at the bottom, this post is a distilled version on the paper. hybridizing pheasants can be a controversial and sometimes taboo topic, however, the fascinating...
  14. SarahRackowski

    Do I possibly have gay pigeons?

    ummm maybe? Same-sex pairs are not uncommon in the bird world, most regularly in non-sexually dimorphic species (like pigeons!). While same-sex pairing has been recorded most commonly in gulls, penguins, and albatrosses it would not be impossible for it to occur in pigeons. This being said...
  15. SarahRackowski

    Immediate advice! Our pigeon got out!

    If your pigeon is still in the area and has a preferred perch, you can use a rudimentary trap called a noose-carpet. this design is made from a piece of metal mesh or small-holed chicken wire, snare-knots are tied to the metal base, and then this is wrapped around a round surface or placed flat...
  16. SarahRackowski

    Have you seen me? seeking photos of fancy-footed escapes!

    interestingly, Chicago pigeons also have the highest frequency of the spread phenotype of any sampled area. While the allele for this plumage type is dominant and epistatic to most patterns, it is usually quite rare. Stunningly, about 10% of the sampled population of Chicago showed the spread...
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    Have you seen me? seeking photos of fancy-footed escapes!

    we have similar problems here in the east with pigeon controllers.......I was also unable to capture birds in Chicago on my visit there! However, the Feild museum has an incredible number of specimens, which stood in place of live birds (including many with long leg feathering!) thank you for...
  18. SarahRackowski

    The lives of "wild" chickens, observations from Key West

    unfortunately not, KW hens are incredibly broody!
  19. Observations of "wild" chickens in Key West, Florida

    Observations of "wild" chickens in Key West, Florida

    Hi everyone! while doing fieldwork last year in Key West Florida, I found myself surrounded by feral chickens. likely descended from Cuban cockfighting birds, the chickens that roam freely through the Florida keys are, while technically feral, they behave as truly wild birds. I have put down...
  20. SarahRackowski

    The lives of "wild" chickens, observations from Key West

    Hi everyone! while doing fieldwork last year in Key West Florida, I found myself surrounded by feral chickens. likely descended from Cuban cockfighting birds, the chickens that roam freely through the Florida keys are, while technically feral, they behave as truly wild birds. I have put down...
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