2006-08-25 05:37:14 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
They touch at take off briefly, but the whistling sound is caused by air against their flight feathers. Pigeons are one of the fastest birds in the air -- only some of the shorebirds can equal them in level flight -- and they are designed to cut thru the air with speed and precision. Normal cruising speed for a pigeon can be about 45 mph (c. 72 km/hr)
You might also like to know that pigeons can hear infrasound and they're so good at this that there is evidence pigeons in California may well be able to hear the sounds of the wind rushing thru canyons in the Rocky Mountains. Pigeons can find their way home using sun arc angle navigation as well as sensing the magnetic fields of the earth; and possibly even by scent.
You might want to check out the next pigeon you see as a marvelously adapted organism that has much more going for it than just that "annoying flapping sound"
2006-08-25 06:05:48 · answer #1 · answered by ieguy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they do, it is an alarm response to warn other pigeons there might be danger. Woodpigeons seem to do it more than any other species.
2006-08-25 05:43:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
not sure mayb its just the pressure
2006-08-25 05:41:31 · answer #3 · answered by § gαввαηα § 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yep, on the downstroke
2006-08-25 06:25:28 · answer #4 · answered by bill j 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it wind turbulence
2006-08-25 23:00:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
neah...thats gas lol
2006-08-25 05:58:44 · answer #6 · answered by chays 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
just the sound of the wind .//////////////////////
2006-08-26 02:46:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋