Why don't you see baby pigeons?

Answer 1

I've seen many, both domestic and feral.

But, according to this article by Hannah Holmes at http://www.discovery.com/area/skinnyon/skinnyon970905/skinnyon.html :

First of all, unlike dippy little English sparrows or robins, pigeons hide their nests.

Heppner said that back when they emerged in Asia (evidently, they were nature-living animals, once), pigeons were cliff-dwellers. So now they balance their messy nests of sticks inside the guts of bridges, or atop tall buildings, or on top of your air conditioner.
Secondly, pigeons are parents non pareil. They lay only two eggs at a time, and spoil those babies shamefully. "The parents will feed the babies until they're totally feathered out," Heppner reported proudly. "By the time they leave the nest, they'll be about the same size as the adults. You know when people eat squab, that's when they take 'em -- when they're nice and plump." Squab, for the culinarily challenged, being baby pigeon.

And the doting parents don't feed these butter-balls your typical bird baby-food.

These birdlets get something called "pigeon milk," and the faint-of-stomach may not wish to explore this paragraph further. Both parents manufacture in their crop, or throat, a rich, fatty "milk" that looks, Heppner says, much like yellow cottage cheese. They ralph this delicacy up and expel it into the throats of their darlings. "You can see this white stuff glowing in the crops of the squabs," Heppner says. "They're just full of it."
After eight or 10 days of this ambrosial diet, the parents begin mixing in solid food and water. "They'll eat heavily, then drink a lot of water to easily chuck up the grain," Heppner enthuses, and offering between these fascinating facts to send me photographs of fancy pigeons. "And did you know pigeons drink like horses? Hens will lift their heads up to swallow. But pigeons put their head down and just take a long draught."

And do the parents flinch at all this work, this cheese-making, this grain-chucking, this drinking-like-a-horse? Of course not. "If all's going along well with the first nest, they'll build another, right near by, and lay the next batch," Heppner says. "They'll take turns sitting on the next set, while the other feeds up the squabs." And they'll do that four to six times a season. So, not only are there baby pigeons, there are baby-pigeon assembly lines.

And when the fledglings do finally leave the nest, Heppner says, their plumage and size are so similar to those of the flock they hang around with that only the practiced pigeonophile would be able to pick out the babies.

Care to practice finding the youngsters? Look for them in the spring and summer.

They may have stray strands of down poking through their feathers.

They may retain a trace of the "lip" around their beak that gives the parents a wider ralphing target.

Their heads may be narrower.

They may be shy.

Answer 2

First, (Kinda like stated), Pigeons like to nest up high on a ledge, so the typically nest up in high buildings, under bridges, in cavities, and any where else "ledgy." And since they fledged being able to fly, your not likely to see them as a flightless baby unless you frequent one of there nesting sites often. (they do fall out of there flimsy nest quite often.) The second reason you don't see babies is because they are not as loud when it comes to feeding as the song birds, so your likely to past them, there nest or even them feeding there young right out in the open. In fact you almost can pick them off the nest before they will bother flying away... so unless your looking for them your probably not going to notice.

Answer 3

The reason it is so rare to see baby pigeons in the wild is because pigeons grow up very quickly, and, if I remember correctly, have most, if not all of, their adult feathers, before leaving the nest.

Answer 4

I've seen quite a few. They stay in their nests till they are ready to fly unless mom put the nest on the ground. They are easy prey for owls & other birds & I've seen them eaten a few times. When Mom gets mad they are left to fend for themselves. They look like adults quickly so you could be staring at a baby & not really know it. Hope this helps.
Edit* We have wild pidgeons in our yard. We have parakeets in the house.

Answer 5

They stay in the nest until they are almost as big as adults. Many birds are like that. They grow fast. Then when they are out, it takes close observation to tell which ones are babies.

Answer 6

They stay in the nest until they are big. When they are out of the nest, they are larger than their mothers. If you notice you will see smaller birds feeding their larger babies.

Answer 7

Because they stay in their nest until there old enough to fly.
What a random question...hahaha

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Answer 8

Because if they come out of they nest by themselves they will fall and suicide themselves...=)...They're too young, no wings to fly yet so their mom keeps them in a nest and feeds them until they are able to fly and fend for themselves...helpful =)??

Answer 9

when do you ever see any baby birds? You DON'T. They stay in the nest until they are grown.

Answer 10

they stay in their nests