Thoughts on the Pigeon and the Crow
I did a double-take. A pigeon and a crow in the same tree? The crow was cawing and the pigeon was doing short, pecking movements as pigeons do. Searching my memory, I couldn't remember seeing one bird that had a history of eating the other sitting together in the same tree.
Of course, my imagination went right to the US Presidential Debate my husband and I had watched until we both felt the need to watch Jeopardy instead. I resisted the temptation to attach a bird to a debater. Instead, my thoughts were about how nature is once again showing us the way. (See Wild Life is Leading the Way.)
Pigeons belong to the Columba?genus and crows to the Corvus genus. Crows have been known to kill and eat pigeons. Perhaps this crow was eyeing its lunch, but the pigeon didn't seem to be frightened or bothered by the crow, bored maybe, but not frightened.
I couldn't resist making a few comparisons between the birds and the debate many of us watched last night (Tuesday, Sept. 10/2024). …