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Part field guide part history part ornithology primer and altogether fun

Fact Pigeons are amazing and until recently humans adored them Weve kept them as pets held pigeon beauty contests raced them used them to carry messages over battlefields harvested their poop to fertilize our cropsand cooked them in gourmet dishes Now with A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching listeners can rediscover the wonder Equal parts field guide and quirky history it covers behavior Why they coo how they flock how they preen kiss and mate monogamously and how they raise their young on chunky pigeon milk Anatomy and identification from Birmingham Roller to the American Giant Runt to the Scandaroon Birder issues like what to do if you find a baby pigeon stranded in the park And our lively shared story together including all the things weve taught themPingPong for example Rats with wings Think again

Pigeons coo peck and nest all over the world yet most of us treat them with indifference or disdain So Rosemary Mosco a birdlover science communicator writer and cartoonist is here to give the pigeons image a makeover and to help every town and citydweller get closer to nature by discovering the joys of birding through pigeonwatching