Comments on: Pigeons Are Bred with Camouflage for War Service (Jan, 1941) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/06/03/pigeons-are-bred-with-camouflage-for-war-service/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:51:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Todd Zornow http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/06/03/pigeons-are-bred-with-camouflage-for-war-service/comment-page-1/#comment-1057498 Todd Zornow Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:44:40 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4549#comment-1057498 here's an email that I sent to a pigeon breeder in hope of an answer, "Junior" the baby pigeon on my balcony has continued to grow but seems to be traumitized as far as being able to fly away, this might be due to having watched his sibling carried off by a black crow. What if anything can I do to help Junior? Perhaps you could forward this to Captain Delhauer, I would love to get his opinion on my situation. Regards, TZ. --- On Fri, 6/27/08, TZ wrote: From: TZ Subject: baby pigeon on my balcony I came across your site on the web and found it most helpful. I live in ,NYC. I have a baby pigeon on my balcony, his parents gave birth to him and his sister/brother? about a month ago, the parents have left because they wanted to put another egg in the flower pot that Junior was reared in, but Junior doesn't seem quite ready to leave the flower pot that he was born in. I think his sibling was carried off by a crow so this has gotten Junior traumatized. Any pigeon that lands on the balcony now is accosted by Junior to feed him. I put out some bread and some rice krispies for Junior, but he's not aware of it as food yet, he's still looking for "home cooking". He's probably hungry, but I don't know what to feed him, and I'm worried that if I do feed him, this will delay the leaving the nest process for him. Any suggestions? enclosed are some photos of Junior and his family. Regards, Todd Zornow. here’s an email that I sent to a pigeon breeder in hope of an answer, “Junior” the baby pigeon on my balcony has continued to grow but seems to be traumitized as far as being able to fly away, this might be due to having watched his sibling carried off by a black crow. What if anything can I do to help Junior? Perhaps you could forward this to Captain Delhauer, I would love to get his opinion on my situation. Regards, TZ.

— On Fri, 6/27/08, TZ wrote:

From: TZ
Subject: baby pigeon on my balcony

I came across your site on the web and found it most helpful. I live in ,NYC. I have a baby pigeon on my balcony, his parents gave birth to him and his sister/brother? about a month ago, the parents have left because they wanted to put another egg in the flower pot that Junior was reared in, but Junior doesn’t seem quite ready to leave the flower pot that he was born in. I think his sibling was carried off by a crow so this has gotten Junior traumatized. Any pigeon that lands on the balcony now is accosted by Junior to feed him. I put out some bread and some rice krispies for Junior, but he’s not aware of it as food yet, he’s still looking for “home cooking”. He’s probably hungry, but I don’t know what to feed him, and I’m worried that if I do feed him, this will delay the leaving the nest process for him. Any suggestions? enclosed are some photos of Junior and his family. Regards, Todd Zornow.

]]> By: Rick Auricchio http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/06/03/pigeons-are-bred-with-camouflage-for-war-service/comment-page-1/#comment-1056455 Rick Auricchio Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:05:19 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4549#comment-1056455 This seems far-fetched to me. 1. Camo makes sense when looking down from above; it blends with the earth. When looking up at the sky, you'll easily see the bird. 2. The bird's flapping motion catches they eye; a light-colored aircraft might not. This seems far-fetched to me.

1. Camo makes sense when looking down from above; it blends with the earth. When looking up at the sky, you’ll easily see the bird.

2. The bird’s flapping motion catches they eye; a light-colored aircraft might not.

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