I am currently on holidays in spain and there were a lot of parakeets around, also tons of collared doves who i’d guess outnumber the feral pidgeons there. Pretty cool
Today while cycling i saw a flamboyant hoopoe, which i recognized because i saw it on here. I was hyped. This is my first time somewhat far away from home since i started watching birds and it’s amazing to see what’s going on here. The birds are going off!
Enjoy your holidays and the novel birds, and thanks for thinking of us by sharing this :)
Yeah, when i saw that flamboyant hoopoe i was immediately thinking of you all, haha.
I also really enjoy the birds i know in different setting, like the beach blackbird or hearing the mountain wood pigeon (no ‘d’) coo.
I was in Kauai recently. I go there once a year if I can, and I’ve read about invasive parakeets being an issue there, but never seen any. One night on my last trip I was at the beach, and a straight up swarm flew over. I’m talking about sky filled with birds, and they go back as far as the eye can see. It was a crazy sight to see.
No “d” in pigeon, btw.
I should have known, i looked that up before. Somehow i just want to write it with a ‘d’. Thank you, i think this will push me now to never do it again :)
There is a very similar word that has a d before the g: pidgin. It’s a form of a language (usually English) which is simplified and commonly spoken by non-native speakers.
I actually think the problem is Pokémon and the Pidgey line
On the ledge in the fridge you can fidget with a smidgeon of pigeon.
English is dum.
