From the moment I got used to pigeon babies, this was a usual routine. I would wait till the pigeon couple played around in the window. Finally one day, the lady would be sitting over the nest area and staring into oblivion. Poor gal, she had a lot of patience. I would keep peeping and disturbing her to check on the eggs. After a couple of weeks, finally a cute chick would come out. First day, it would be so tiny that it will be just one fourth of your palm.Then the second one will come out. After a week, you can hear them squeaking.
One of the most cutest baby I have seen is this cute squeaker in our bedroom window. It had a mix of black and grey feathers. So, we used to call it kappu (tamil word for black) kutta (mallu for little one). It used to keep squeaking and its mom would be nudging it and telling it to keep quiet (a pigeon way of telling "keep quiet or the demons will come and get you"). But our Kutta loved squeaking, and finally the demon (I) took it inside to play with it :). Even when Kutta was bought inside the bedroom, it would continue yapping. Whereas its elder sis was so quiet that we thought she was dumb. But she let out a small squeak once, to our delight.
Another time, when I put Kappu back to its nest, after a couple of minutes I heard some squeaks. When I went there, Kappu made it back to the bedroom! Unlike other pigeon babies, who are scared to be close to humans, Kappu was rather inquisitive and enjoyed our company. We even got some grains especially for Kutta. The mom would then give the grain picking tutorial to the kids. Kutta had this unique way of flapping its wings and pecking grains.
One fine day, it flew away like all the other babies, leaving me with sweet memories.
One of the most cutest baby I have seen is this cute squeaker in our bedroom window. It had a mix of black and grey feathers. So, we used to call it kappu (tamil word for black) kutta (mallu for little one). It used to keep squeaking and its mom would be nudging it and telling it to keep quiet (a pigeon way of telling "keep quiet or the demons will come and get you"). But our Kutta loved squeaking, and finally the demon (I) took it inside to play with it :). Even when Kutta was bought inside the bedroom, it would continue yapping. Whereas its elder sis was so quiet that we thought she was dumb. But she let out a small squeak once, to our delight.
Another time, when I put Kappu back to its nest, after a couple of minutes I heard some squeaks. When I went there, Kappu made it back to the bedroom! Unlike other pigeon babies, who are scared to be close to humans, Kappu was rather inquisitive and enjoyed our company. We even got some grains especially for Kutta. The mom would then give the grain picking tutorial to the kids. Kutta had this unique way of flapping its wings and pecking grains.
One fine day, it flew away like all the other babies, leaving me with sweet memories.
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