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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ChrisKten" data-source="post: 1430449" data-attributes="member: 69033">I actually quite like Pigeons, even feral ones.If you observe them you'll find that they are highly intelligent. I spent 2 years trying to stop them getting at the seed and nuts. I hung small trays in the trees, put trays of monkey nuts in the trees for Squirrels, Tits, and Jays. Whatever I tried, they found a way to get at the food; they even dig up the garden to find nuts the Squirrels bury (I mentioned this behaviour in another thread). They have also trained the Squirrels (by bullying them) to leave them one nut from each of the nuts in shells. I have seen them with one leg, half a leg, no toes, hobbled by string that was left lying around. They get shot at by bored teenagers, poisoned by people that believe they are flying rats.  If you measure intelligence by the ability to survive extreme hardship they are one of the most intelligent birds I've seen. All I'm saying is, a Bird is a Bird, I'm never happy seeing a Bird, or any animal, suffer.</blockquote>