16-05-2018, 05:54 AM
The nest is down to one egg only now, we found, on the lawn, another broken one with a small embryo chick still in it. If this was a predator bird like a Magpie or a Crow raiding the nest then I would think the contents of the egg would have been eaten.
I am wondering if the eggs are breaking accidentally as the nest is made of small sticks, some of which have knobbly joints and sharp ends. Maybe the pigeons realise when an egg is damaged and remove it from the nest.
Both pigeons continue to take it in turn to sit in the egg, the female always seems to do the night shift and they share the day time sitting between them. The male does a little dance when he returns to relieve her. Sometimes she gets off the nest and sits at the edge of the roof for a short while, looking around, as if to say "where are you, I want to go and get breakfast"
Mike
I am wondering if the eggs are breaking accidentally as the nest is made of small sticks, some of which have knobbly joints and sharp ends. Maybe the pigeons realise when an egg is damaged and remove it from the nest.
Both pigeons continue to take it in turn to sit in the egg, the female always seems to do the night shift and they share the day time sitting between them. The male does a little dance when he returns to relieve her. Sometimes she gets off the nest and sits at the edge of the roof for a short while, looking around, as if to say "where are you, I want to go and get breakfast"
Mike
