Firda10h ago

Apparently it's National Pigeon Day.today somewhere, so here's a pretty rock pigeon who greeted us when we reached the other side of the St. Lawrence river after a choppy crossing. I'd never been so happy to see a pigeon.

#Pigeon #NationalPigeonDay #Birds #BirdPhotography #BirdsofMastodon

The Public Domain Review10h ago
For #NationalPigeonDay, photographs taken by Dr Julius Neubronner’s ingenious "pigeon camera", circa 1908. More pics, and the story, here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/dr-julius-neubronner-s-miniature-pigeon-camera
Mindy Weisberger13h ago
Happy #NationalPigeonDay! Like people, these scrappy urban dinosaurs can perceive distance and time, recognizing how much space an object takes up and how long it's visible. But they process the information in a different brain region than humans and other primates do 🧪

Brainy Birds: Pigeons Can Unde...
Brainy Birds: Pigeons Can Understand Distance and Time

Like humans, pigeons can recognize how much space an object takes up, and how long it is visible.

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The Public Domain Review18h ago
For #NationalPigeonDay, some very fancy pigeons courtesy of Emil Schachtzabel's Illustriertes Prachtwerk sämtlicher Taubenrassen (1906). More here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/schachtzabel-pigeons
The Public Domain ReviewJun 13, 2025
For #NationalPigeonDay, some very fancy pigeons courtesy of Emil Schachtzabel's Illustriertes Prachtwerk sämtlicher Taubenrassen (1906). More here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/schachtzabel-pigeons
The Public Domain ReviewJun 13, 2025
For #NationalPigeonDay, photographs taken by Dr Julius Neubronner’s ingenious "pigeon camera", circa 1908. More pics, and the story, here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/dr-julius-neubronner-s-miniature-pigeon-camera