### animal | vertebrate | bird:

Pigeon
* All pigeons are doves and all doves are pigeons
  - naturally love to bathe and. to keep their feathers clean and shining
* Many pigeons have red legs and feet but the color can range from pink to gray-black.
* Most pigeons adapt to areas
  - urban areas
* Most pigeons are inside nests
  - located in nests
* Most pigeons carry bacteria
  - come from nests
  - derive from pigeons
* Most pigeons eat crops
  - fruit
  - grain
  - seeds
  - enter nests
* Most pigeons feed high above in the canopy and are difficult to observe
  - on seeds
  - their young shortly after they themselves have eaten and drunk
* Most pigeons fly over cities
  - lakes
  - pools
  - grow feathers
* Most pigeons has-part eyes
  - organs
* Most pigeons have ages
  - bare skin
  - beaks
  - diets
  - muscles
  - testes
  - throats
  - types
  - hide nests
  - lift heads
* Most pigeons live in colonies
  - enormous colonies
  - forests
  - parks
  - love seeds
* Most pigeons make eggs
  - sound
  - mate for life
* Most pigeons possess babies
  - chromosomes
  - genotype
  - prefer nests
* Most pigeons reach maturity
  - sexual maturity
  - receive water
* Most pigeons require food
  - proteins
  - rest on trees
  - return to nests
  - shed feathers
* Most pigeons sit on nests
  - wire
  - spread wings
  - stand on feet
* Most pigeons transmit parasites
  - use wings
  - weigh pounds
* Some pigeons carry parasites
  - pathogen
  - descend from skies
  - destroy grain
* Some pigeons eat corn
  - insects
* Some pigeons fly over beaches
  - give birth to birds
  - grow eggs
  - has-part wings
* Some pigeons have meat
  - ovaries
  - roofs
  - hide eggs
* Some pigeons live in barns
  - buildings
* Some pigeons live on cliffs
  - up to years
  - make nests
  - pick up peas
  - possess glucose
* Some pigeons receive eggs
  - genes
  - release eggs
  - rest on windows
  - seek shelter
  - shake wings
* Some pigeons sit in habitats
  - vegetation
* Some pigeons sit on arms
  - rails
  - statues
  - walls
  - use smell
* adjust extremely well to life as a pet.
* also have colorful neck feathers
  - use the magnetic field for compass information
* always wash much before rain, and return home slowly.
* are a major component of many urban and suburban wildlife communities
  - successful and adaptable group of birds that thrive in varied habitats
  - unique animal
  - also the hosts for various parasites such as fleas and ticks
  - big, tame, and slow
  - birds that live in communal flocks
  - capable of traveling long distances on a daily basis for food or water
  - carnivorous
  - companion animals
  - considered the number one pest bird problem in the United States and around the world
  - creatures of habit
  - dinosaurs
  - diurnal a
  - doves and doves can be referred to as pigeons
  - extremely devoted to their family and mate for life
  - found to some extent in nearly all urban areas around the world
* are grain and seed eaters
  - highly sociable animals
  - just like cats and dogs
  - larger than doves and tend to have square or rounded tails
* are located in nests
  - mans oldest domesticated bird
  - monogamous and typically mate for life
  - often the only nonhuman life in some otherwise bleak urban landscapes
  - particularly fond of roof spaces
  - probably the number one pest bird in the country
  - sexually mature at about six months of age
  - smart, easy going birds that quickly learn household routines
  - social birds, so plan on three to five mated pairs to start
  - susceptible to calcium deficiency from eating only seeds
* are the billy goats of the sky, eating over seventy times their own weight each day
  - primary and most favored by peregrine falcons
  - symbol of peace in Japan
  - truly the most beautiful birds of all
  - urban vermin
* are very adaptable birds
  - complex birds and have many characteristics that can be compared to humans
  - well known as clinically normal carriers
* bring life to cities.
* build their nests with small twigs.
* can also live inside with the family
  - carry and spread diseases to people and livestock through their droppings
  - fly thousands of miles to find the same roosting spot with no navigational difficulties
  - live about five years in the wild
  - raise four to five broods annually
* carry a multitude of diseases
  - in many different shades and plumage patterns
* detect and discriminate infrasounds.
* dislike sudden noises and movements.
* do carry cryptococcosis which also fungal disease.
  - mostly seeds
  - weed seeds
* explode into spring light, their wings clacking.
* feed on seeds
  - primarily on seed, grain, garbage, greens and insects
* find one mate then mate for life.
* flock in large numbers in order to protect themselves against cats, hawks, owls, and rats.
* fly in flocks, so the adult pigeons train their offspring.
  - rapidly and are noted for their cooing call
* form monogamous pair-bonds, at least for the duration of a particular breeding season.
* get colds just like humans and dampness in the loft major cause of colds.
  - hearts
* have a bad reputation in cities
  - place of their own
  - tendency to seduce pups into chasing by flying low after a flush
  - an accurate and prolonged visual memory and are lost when blinded
  - appetite
  - excellent hearing abilities
  - problems
  - religious significance
  - vary diets
  - very good eyes
* includes air sacs
  - bird's feet
  - brains
  - breasts
  - cell membranes
  - cells
  - chest cavities
  - chests
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - faces
  - flight feathers
  - lips
  - mouths
  - nuclei
  - plasma membranes
  - quill feathers
  - rib cages
  - second joints
  - sections
  - skulls
  - sterna
  - talons
  - vacuoles
  - wishbones
* like to bathe
  - be around people, so they roost in town and fly out into the country to feed
* live in a Cote
  - almost every part of the world
  - lofts, small buildings built especially for their care
* look for flat surfaces for roosting and nesting.
* love breadcrumbs
  - fun pets
  - lots of different sounds
  - nests of small twigs or stems which the males bring to the females one piece at a time
* mate all year round, instead of just in the spring.
* mate for life, and tend to raise two chicks at the same time
  - so usually a pair is kept and bred together
* molt once a year in late summer.
* naturally eat grain and seeds off the ground and are attracted by speckly surfaces
  - stabilize their own populations in accordance with food supply and other factors
* nest all year in warm climates and are adaptable to almost any surroundings.
* often nest high on protected ledges, under bridges, or in abandoned buildings
  - roost and nest on ledges where roofs and eves join and sometimes on wide window sills
* peck at food on the ground and drink by placing their bill in water, using it like a straw
  - the ground, searching for crumbs
* prefer to roost on flat surfaces
  - level surfaces
* primarily eat seeds, and some of their favorites are weed seeds
  - feed on grains with some occasional fruit in their diet
* provide a good role model for society
  - food for falcons and people
* receive food
* rely on the sun to navigate.
  - more rest during the body moult
* roost and nest in cubby holes, under bridges and in the eaves and ledges of buildings.
* save lives.
* scurry, then preen their wet feathers.
* seek ledges.
* sometimes nest in chimneys and ventilation systems spreading diseases through the system.
* stand for letters
* suck up water by using their beaks like straws.
* tend to be ground feeders.
* usually lay two white eggs
  - like in rocky forests
  - nest in a tree or on a ledge