unapalomablanca Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 I read people saying that the pigeons are not on the rape right now but are in the bushes and trees eating the berries and the acorns. I get the eating the berries bit as ive seen it many times, but how the hell would a pigeon eat an acorn, surely these are for squirrels? If they did manage to get one in whole how the hell would it get digested, its a very hard object? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ91 Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 (edited) They do eat them. I have shot many pigeons under oak trees. They are large but pigeons beaks open wide. Don't know how they digest them tbh. I gues something in there crops breaks them down. Record number of acorns in crop I have found is 7. Edited October 14, 2011 by TJ91 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 they stuff themselves with acorns no problem, big acorns as well i,ve counted a dozen in a shot birds crop once, i,m sure more have been found in the crop by other shooters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30-6 Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 Most acorns i've had in a crop is 19. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McF Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 Last season I shot one with 18 in its crop, got to say I was quite amazed. mcf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 A pigeon with a crop stuffed full of acorns looks grotesque. I have shot them hardly able to fly they were so full. It always amazes me how they can digest such a hard shelled item, beechmast is not much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoodyPopper Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 I don't know about acorns, but I was amazed once at Victoria bus station to see a pigeon swallow a whole malteser that someone had dropped. I couldn't believe it wouldn't choke - but it waddled off in search of more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 A pigeon with a crop stuffed full of acorns looks grotesque. I have shot them hardly able to fly they were so full. It always amazes me how they can digest such a hard shelled item, beechmast is not much better. had birds come in to decoys with a crop full of acorns,why i don,t know they can,t be hungry with that lot stuffed in the crop, probably just the curious nature of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshLamb Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 a bit off topic, but I once saw a seagull swallow a whole discarded double ice cream cone :blink: you could see the shape of it stuck in its neck :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catweazle Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 I've shot them so stuffed with acorns they looked fit to explode. Not small acorns either, they seem to eat the biggest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imissalot Posted October 15, 2011 Report Share Posted October 15, 2011 Most acorns i've had in a crop is 19. how do thay fly with that lot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootnfish Posted October 15, 2011 Report Share Posted October 15, 2011 i have shot them with 12 or so acorns in thier crops but a couple of years ago i shot one decoying over peas and it had 7 snails in its crop, they were roman snails i think the coloured ones. never shot one like it since then though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 (edited) Pigeons love acorns . Wait and see how big a piece of suger beet or potato they can swallow . They seem to gulp it down very much like a snake eating a whole pig . Harnser . Edited October 18, 2011 by Harnser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proTOM1 Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 Pigeons love acorns . Wait and see how big a piece of suger beet or potato they can swallow . They seem to gulp it down very much like a snake eating a whole pig . Harnser . Most acorns ive ever found in a birds crop is 20 they were of good size ,but for lumps of sugar beet that does get me as some bits they eat are huge . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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