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Last week I found a baby pigeon who had been blown from his nest in strong winds. There was no way to get him back in the nest, and he clearly needed some care!
He had small injuries from a dog bite, and was cold, wet and frightened. I took him in, named him Puccini (Pucc for short), and he settled into life in my spare bedroom.
A week later, I'm pleased to report his injuries have healed, he's eating faster than I can feed him, and he's getting more and more feathery...
Pucc is hoping he can soon return to the great outdoors and enjoy life with all his fellow pigeons in the park...
In the meantime he's been enjoying (I think) some recorder music!
In this video, I play an excerpt from 'The English Nightingale' by Jacob van Eyck on my Mollenhauer Denner soprano recorder.
To find out more about the history of teaching domestic birds to sing, I recommend these links:
www.sarahangli... -Research article with links to a BBCRadio4 documentary on this topic.
www.bl.uk/the-... British Library hear a Bullfinch whistle a folk song!
imslp.org/wiki...) -here you can download (for free!) a copy of The Bird Fancyer's Delight.
I have nothing to do with any of the sites above, I just think they are good reading :)
Thanks for watching- I know pigeons aren't everyone's cup of tea... but I quite like them. Especially Pucc!
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