Pigeons

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A friend asked about pigeons, so I put together some links, and I thought other folks might find them amusing.


Pigeon body language video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf2yc77bcO0


Pigeon Behavior:
https://dtermination.com/pigeon-behavior-and-characteristics/

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00063655609475836


General bird body language:
https://mickaboo.org/resources/reading-bird-body-language

https://be.chewy.com/bird-body-language-101/

https://www.wettropics.gov.au/site/user-assets/docs/65BirdBodyLanguage.pdf


Types of Pigeons:
(This is important because they not only have different colors and shapes, but also some breeds have very distinctive behaviors, many of which would be fun to draw and/or animate.)

https://www.pigeonrescue.org/resources/types-of-pigeons/

https://backyardpoultry.iamcountryside.com/poultry-101/pigeon-types-rollers-to-racers/


Pigeon Infographics:

https://cbx-prod.b-cdn.net/COLOURBOX23088940.jpg

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/85/d2/48/85d24876703c4d0a6fa7695696e7318c.jpg

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/10/9e/5e/109e5ebcc7855eb083ea928f52eff0f8.jpg

https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64bb3525e7145731da6290e4/34346761-41b1-4a55-9b49-afeb9c22f128/InfoGraphic_Copyright.jpg

https://www.dailyinfographic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/IncrediblePigeons_3-01.png

https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fthis-infographic-makes-me-want-to-have-an-army-of-pigeons-v0-ddockusvok091.jpg%3Fwidth%3D1080%26crop%3Dsmart%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D94cef0d11c7ca3c00116f5420cfa12df6eaed6f3


Pigeon Book Lists:

https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/pigeon

https://www.nypl.org/blog/2020/11/03/pigeon-booklist

https://www.buteobooks.com/searchResults.php?action=browse&category_id=297

https://bookroo.com/explore/books/topics/pigeons


Also, I have flying rats (a mad science cross of rats with pigeons and parrots) in Polychrome Heroics; see "Exist Without Permission."