Why do we never see baby pigeons?

Answer 1

I've seen them. You have to know where to look. They are under bridges. Look for bridges where pigeons hang out (you can tell by all the poop) and then walk under them (don't drive) in the spring. Even if you don't see any live ones you'll probably see a dead one and some egg shells.
Once the babies come out from under the bridge, it's only their behavior which tells you they are babies--they are the same size as adults and have similar plumage.

Answer 2

Pigeons usually have two chicks in a clutch. They are born with yellow fluff and are not very attractive as babies. The chicks are fed by the parents a very rich thick liquid called pigeon milk which is food regurgitated by the parents.
This pigeon milk is very rich and the chicks grow very quickly and feather out. The chicks stay in the nest until they look just like their parents and are almost the same size. When the birds do leave the nest they are then on their own and the parents rarely feed them on the ground. If they leave the nest to early or get knocked out by accident and they have not yet reached independence they will usually not survive. I have raised young pigeons that for some reason could not make it on their own and after hand raising them for about two weeks they usually do just fine and are released back to the wild.

Answer 3

Baby pigeons aren't born full-size. They do spend a long time
in the nest,and grow very quickly. Pigeon keepers see baby
pigeons all the time, but they have the benefit of a pen.

Answer 4

The baby Pigeons (squabs) are in their nests, being fed Pigeon milk by both parents, they don't come out until they're fully grown and can fly. I've watched my Doves (which are Pigeons) doing hourly shifts to sit on the eggs, while the other stretches its wings and feeds. After the squabs are born, the parents spend more time away from them, until the squabs pluck-up the courage to fly.

Answer 5

They aren't born full grown. Wild pigeons stay in the nest for a long time. If you were to keep racing pigeons you would most certainly see a baby pigeon.

Answer 6

Because they grow really fast ,i once saw a pigeon nest on the ground in a house that was being constructed where no one ever went ,it was like a closet looking room and the nest was on the ground it had 2 eggs but only one of them hatched and when it hatched i would check on it everyday and by day five it was probably the size of a softball.and by day 15 it was gone

Answer 7

The best place to see baby pigeons is by canals where low road bridges pass overhead. pigeons often nest underneath these bridges.

Answer 8

Pigeons do not have a breeding season, so there is a constant stream of young into the population throughout the year.

As another answer has correctly stated, they basically stay in the nest until fully fledged, when they are indistinguishable from the adult bird.

Answer 9

In most species, baby birds (called chicks) hide safely inside their nests until they're able to fly. Waterfowl (ducks, geese, swans) are the exception, and come out of the nests as soon as they can paddle, and don't learn to fly for a while after that.

Answer 10

Because pigeons are actually government spies. What other animal can blend with concrete? I think they raise them in a lab and let them free when they reach adulthood.