I hope somebody can give me some info. Yesterday my girlfriend and I rescued a mourning dove in our backyard that was being attacked by 3-4 pigeons. When I say attacked, I mean there were chunks of feathers torn from his skin, he was bleeding, and the vet confirmed through xrays that the poor guy has a fractured wing. He couldn't be more than 2 weeks from hatching, he still has pin feathers. So for now I am a foster parent, which is no big deal because I have experience with taking care of birds. My question is, why would the pigeons attack like that. I have always considered them to be at least semi-social animals. I have several feeders on my deck, and they always seemed to intergrate well with other birds. Any info will be helpful.