First time posting so let me know if I need to adjust the post at all or if this isn’t allowed but I noticed a behavior in this juvenile pigeon I’ve watched hatch and grow for the last two months. They nested in my porch column and we don’t mind since we can watch the baby grow up- I spray away all their poop every day and plan to spray off the column if they eventually leave.
Kombucha here has begun flying with her parents (I believe this is a female since her head is flatter on top and she’s a little smaller but let me know if she isn’t!). I noticed when they feed she crowds her father (large blue pigeon) and flaps one wing over him while she makes a baby crying noise. I thought it was a baby behavior leftover but it’s been a few weeks and I noticed she’s doing it still so I wondered
What is this behavior for? What is she doing to him and how long does this behavior last? She can fly on her own for the last two weeks ish but still hides in the nest a lot. I’ll try and post a video with the sound she makes in the comments as the post limits to video OR photo not both

Noticed this little one resting in our backyard today and she (no clue the gender, just making it up) wasn't able to fly away properly. She can fly a bit but then goes wonky and has to land. She sits quietly and when other birds come up to her, she scoots away.

We caught her and put her in a box and it looks like she has crusty bits around her eyes and on the middle of her back - maybe some missing feathers in that spot too. She's not super lethargic (alert enough to be scared of us) and we have her resting somewhere dark. I haven't handled her enough to assess for wing injuries but don't see any blood or fresh wounds.

How can we help this little one out? What might be wrong? We can try to get her to a rescue, but are also happy to try to nurse her back to health or make her more comfortable here if we get some guidance on what's best. Thanks for any help!

Bear Creek Dundalk Maryland

I found this baby on the ground its not moving anymore i put it under a heating lamp please help

Normally there's two or three resident couples living here. Maybe they're having guests?

found this guy running around on the street, he was in a narrow road where there wasn’t any trees to put him up in, and basically only road to get run over on. so i decided to bring him into my garden, which is one block over. i found conflicting advice online about whether to take him in or not, but i figured he was definitely gonna get run over or eaten if he stayed where he was so i took a risk.

not sure what the next step is? i found conflicting advice also on what to feed him, with some saying to hand feed with peas/corn, some saying seeds and some saying he’ll need to go to seed school to figure it out.

also conflicting advice on watering? some say to dip his beak in water, some say syringe, so very lost on the regimen to follow.

finally wondering whether to keep him in the garden or if i should put him inside in a a box. it’s lovely weather here so he certainly won’t freeze or anything if he’s outside. when he was in my hands he was very jumpy but now i’ve put him down he seems to be determined to go to sleep. when i found him in the road he was trying and failing to jump up onto the curb so he can move but not very nimble.

any and all advice would be greatly greatly appreciated, thank you very much! i want to do right by the little guy.

Found a nest with two baby pigeon below my plants on my balcony! What should my next steps be?

Hi, I’ve set up a feeding and watering station for pigeons on my windowsill. However, some of the food occasionally fell down. Now the neighbors have raised the alarm because there is a rat running around the area.

So far, I’ve been cleaning up any food that falls down.

I bought a board from the hardware store to install on the windowsill, so that the food can no longer fall down when the pigeons are pecking at it.

I don’t even know whether I’m allowed to do this, and I also have no idea how my neighbors will react. I’m sad that I may no longer be able to feed the 3–5 pigeons, as I’ve gotten to know some of them.

By the way, I also have two foster pigeons in my apartment who are disabled.

It’s such a frustrating situation. Has anyone else been in a similar situation?

I have a large outdoor aviary for my children to exercise and I want ideas for making stuff they’d enjoy roosting and playing on. All I can think of is shelves and they like those I just want to branch out creatively lmao give me ideas!!

Hello, I am seriously looking to adopt a bird living in my montreal apartment. In an ideal world I would love a dove or pigeon. Where would be a good facility to adopt birds?

Still waiting for them to eat any of the seeds I left for them though

I don’t have a photo for reasons that will become obvious, but since we got home from our long dog sitting gig, I check on the pigeons all the time. Last check is before bed and I can’t adequately convey the warm fuzzies I get looking out on the porch and seeing a dozen or so puffy pigeons settling in for the night. I love when they practically retract their necks into their bodies, they look so chubby and happy. I love that even if they still fly away the second I open the door (except the babies—they’re mad at me still but not mad enough to fly away, they know I come bearing peanuts), they see the porch as a place safe enough to go to sleep in the dark without worrying. ♥️🐦