indio Posted August 20, 2014 Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 I can't get the hang of posting vids/pics so I will try and set the scene with words. In my back garden, adjacent to open fields the following happens twice a day. Two wood pigeons arrive within a minute or two of each other. They then seem to walk a couple of feet in either direction parallel to each other about a foot and a half apart mirroring each others actions. After a couple of minutes of this one or the other tries to either mount the other ( both try the mounting not just one) which results in them battering each other with their wings. After another couple of minutes they repeat the battering again. Finally one or the other will place it's beak on the ground facing the other with it's rear in the air and the tail feathers fanned out similar to the way a peacock does. They disappear in slightly different directions and appear later in the day to repeat the performance. What's it all about .......male dominance of the other? Answers / ideas please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan gun Posted August 20, 2014 Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 All part of the mating process pigeons will breed nearly all year round if the weather is mild enough the battering with wings is usually the females way of seeing if the male is man enough for her Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted August 20, 2014 Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 avin it orf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 (edited) Territorial display between cocks. Edited August 21, 2014 by Penelope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougall Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 mating display,the actual mating is usually up in a tree/on a roof etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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