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    Default Headline : Wood Pigeon eats other pigeon's head shock.!

    Well, sort of
    As I've already posted, the nesting Wood Pigeons not far from my window did succeed in raising a couple of 'little' ones. Yesterday and today I saw them being fed.

    Shot 1 - head to head
    Shot 2 - comparing the 2 heads - the mum's beak is much more highly coloured than usual
    shot 3 - Mum tries to doze off but without success
    shot 4 - Youngster stretches the wing out to balance/make sure Mum doesn't leave
    shot 5 - a real close up, showing just how deep the youngster probes down the throat
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    What a wonderfully amazing sequence, Louise!

    What a big mouth too - no, not you - the mother WP!

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    It was fascinating to watch - I knew that they did this (when I was growing up I knew a scientist who told me bout how they use their crops), but I had never seen it in real life like that.

    My boyfriend (and probably Rolf too) would say that I DID have a big mouth, but my dentist has to use the small mould so I OFFICIALLY have a small mouth

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