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Feral Pigeon - Columba livia

Always overlooked with its stunning plumage often underrated and all for being classed as something common. Can also be known as street pigeons, city pigeons and city doves. These pigeons were originally bred from the wild rock dove which naturally inhabit mountains and sea cliffs and which the feral pigeons find our town city's and the ledges of buildings a great substitute. The feral pigeon will display a greater variation of colours and patterns in their plumage compared with the rock dove. Its is said that darker birds maybe able to store higher concentrations of trace metals in the feathers which is found typically higher in urban areas.

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Uploaded on December 26, 2020
Taken on October 25, 2020