Glorious day Friday. Lots of Sun. Temp up to 20C
Got the grass cut nearly a week early as rain is forecast to arrive Sunday and the whole of next week threatens to be cool and wet. Before cutting the grass I spotted a pile of poop:
By far the largest I had ever seen in the garden. What sort of creature could have produced it? From the size thoughts tend to go towards a mammal of some sort but you would be wrong. Twas a bird. Not a vulture or eagle (which we don't have here). No - believe or or not it came from a Wood Pigeon. The main time you are likely to find this size of pigeon poop is when they are nesting. According to one site I read, pigeons have what they called a built in cesspit where they can store waste products until they find a suitable time and place. So the birds can incubate eggs for long periods without having to leave the nest. The result being the sort of poop I found in my garden.
This is something I never knew. I thought you had had a goose round.
ReplyDeleteAdrian: I initially thought it had to be a larger creature.
DeleteFascinating John. I never knew that either.
ReplyDeleteKeith: I only found out last year when I saw a similar poop and went searching. I was hoping for something more exotic ;)
DeleteWell, well, well, John... I'll have to keep an eye out for this here! We've had a WP on a nest in the ivy covering my pergola bang in the centre of my garden recently... really not the best place for it with it being the walk by to the washing line! Last year, they were also there and two eggs were laid then abandoned so don't know what happened there. Thanks, will be on poop alert this summer!
ReplyDeleteShirley: Quite honestly they make enough mess without special deposits ;)
DeleteI thought for sure it would be goose poop! Interesting bit of WP physiology to learn while eating my breakfast. ;-)
ReplyDeleteWilma: I did warn you ;)
Deleteoh, my word! that made me laugh, though!
ReplyDeleteTWG: It all happens here ;)
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