Rock Dove

There certainly is no shortage of these birds at my feeder. This morning there was a red-bellied woodpecker at the feeder, and he was mobbed by pigeons. It's not at all an unusual event since the pigeons found my feeder. I installed a hanging feeder off a hook attached to the fence and so far, the pigeons seem unable to negotiate that feeder. All that they can do is congregate underneath and get the seeds knocked down by smaller birds.

This is a female (I think) and she has a rather odd-looking head. It makes me wonder if something happened or if it's genetic. I'm not a pigeon expert, it could be common, and I just haven't noticed.

"The rock dove, rock pigeon, or common pigeon is a member of the bird family Columbidae (doves and pigeons). In common usage, it is often simply referred to as the "pigeon". " - wikipedia.org

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