This gallery contains 2 photos. Lest I be pigeonholed 🙂 … three days after discovering a white peace (white morph/leucistic) dove at Burnaby Lake/Piper Spit, I found this brown morph rock pigeon (which appears tinted as pink) at the main graveled path of Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary. Today I learned that there are 28 colour morphs of Rock Dove/Pigeon. Unlike the white morph Rock Dove at Burnaby Lake, however, this subject was perpetually on the move for food. He did do the “puffy-fluff-up-the-neck-feathers-dance” a little bit later, and confirmed his gender for us. Photographed on March 24.
Yet another brown morph Rock Dove (who looks rather pink), whom we discovered at the base of the observation tower. It was also a he — he was doing the “puffy feathers dance” a little later with one (rather disinterested) member of his small flock of six. This is the only shot of several where I managed to avoid getting harsh shadows below the bird. Fittingly, he was on a rock, and thus lived up to his name. Photographed on April 20.
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What beautiful birds and how well photographed, thank you.
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thank you, Susan! 🙂
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what a beautiful pigeon! have never seen one this color
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first time for me, too. now I’m on the hunt for more different colour varieties! 🙂
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… so beautiful … 🙂
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thank you! 🙂
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Really pretty coloration!
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thanks, Teresa! there’s always just one individual with a different colour morph in a normal coloured flock at Reifel! almost like that one knows he/she is a standout. 🙂
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Maybe when we’re in Vancouver next year, we’ll have to take a day trip to Reifel again and check out the show-offs. 😀
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check out Stanley Park’s Lost Lagoon, too — you’ll see plenty of brown and white-with-black-speckles colour morph pigeons there! 🙂 🙂 🙂
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Will do, thanks! We often drive through and walk 3rd Beach but don’t usually go to Lost Lagoon, so this is a good reminder to check it out. 🙂
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I love pigeons, thanks.
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they’re so soothing to hear! 🙂
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They are dreaded by city dwellers, but they are my favorite bird!
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I can see why … but animals have to put up with our “poop” 🙂 🙂 🙂
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They just don’t accept them, and we took their land away!
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this is true. human progress comes at the cost of diminishing wildlife. 😦
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Beautiful colors – must be related to the mourning dove.
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now that’s a bird I’d like to see up close! 🙂
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They mate for life and my mother rescued one whose mate had been killed by a cat (likely ours) and had a broken wing. She kept it in a large cage in the kitchen and splinted the wing. When it had healed, she let it go, but it stayed around for a long time.
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that’s a very special story, Noelle! it’s so nice to be able to touch the lives of wildlife in a positive way because they can touch our lives too and leave memories that last a lifetime!
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What a stunning bird. I love the marbled effect .. And colours 😊
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thank you, Julie! it fascinates me to see these “designer” birds … although the colour variations were the result of pigeon fanciers breeding their domesticated rock pigeons for these colours, it’s interesting to note that the colour mutations (still) exist in wild rock pigeons! maybe the birds themselves like different colours! 🙂
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Gorgeous.
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thank you! these two guys were trying to court the female pigeons, but the latter weren’t falling for the puffing and cooing. 🙂
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Ah! Never have I heard of a brown morph rock pigeon but I must confess to rather liking them. I especially like the term ‘puffy feather dance’. Lovely photos 😀
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thank you, Elle! I make up interesting descriptors when I can’t find the proper terms (or I find the proper terms too plebian!) 😀
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