2006-08-26 10:57:00 · 9 answers · asked by greebo 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Do you mean pigeons? They are raised in a nest for a start off, and don't leave until they have all their feathers.
You do see them once they have flown, but they are not that much smaller than the adults but a bit more ragged.
2006-08-26 11:03:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Sorry to disappoint you, but there's not much of a mystery--the common street pigeon builds a nest like your normal bird. But pigeons, living up to the urbanologists' nickname "flying rats," are both a little sloppier and a little more devious than the average avian; they construct small, flimsy nests, barely large enough to hold Mother Pigeon's usual two eggs, in cornices and other out-of-the-way places.
While the eggs incubate (for about two weeks) the nest is kept constantly covered--by the male during the day, and by the female on the night shift. Once the little suckers hatch, they spend another two weeks in the nest feeding off a protein substance called "pigeon's milk" secreted from the crop of the adult (both sexes, interestingly). When they're all growed up and flapping, they hit the road. Well, what did you expect--test tubes?
2006-08-26 12:30:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pidgin is a low form of Creole, a simplified language modified from settlers' language for and by local natives.
Your question as it relates to pigeons has already been answered.
2006-08-26 11:10:39 · answer #3 · answered by narkypoon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have a nest of pigeons in our back garden and we see them all the time. I saw them leave the nest for the first time and they were so much better looking than their parents, only slightly smaller but sleeker and softer looking whereas the parents looked ragged.
Maybe the reason why you never see them is because you don't look for them. And by the time they leave the nest they look a lot like their parents, only slightly skinnier, a titchy bit smaller and neater.
2006-08-27 04:46:12 · answer #4 · answered by Katri-Mills 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you probably do see baby pigeons...but by the time they leave the nest they pretty much look just like an adult. If you look closely you may notice some that have sort of a "fluffy" look to them..these are the fledglings.
2006-08-26 12:12:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because we are too busy on Yahoo Answers reading why you never see white dog poo anymore and whether the chicken or the egg came first.
2006-08-26 12:27:36 · answer #6 · answered by Rotifer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Their parents keep them sequestered in deep nests and they do not leave the nest until they are nearly completely feathered.
2006-08-26 11:25:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think their parents send them all to school to learn how to spell
2006-08-26 13:29:13 · answer #8 · answered by Sir Nickle Barsteward 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because they do,nt leave the nest till there grown up
2006-08-26 11:03:57 · answer #9 · answered by leslie c 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋