Paris City. Feeding Feral Pigeons.Urban birds.

Описание: #Pigeons (or #rock #doves), ubiquitous #urban #birds, are the descendants of birds brought from #Europe centuries ago who escaped from captivity and reverted back to the wild. Many city residents and visitors find pigeons pleasant and interesting. The city of #Paris welcomes the birds as “the only sign of biodiversity in the city center,” and visitors to St. Mark’s Square in Venice are encouraged to feed the 40,000 pigeons living there.
Pigeon Facts
Pigeons mate for life, and both parents care for their young. They flock in large numbers in order to protect themselves from predators. Pigeons naturally stabilize their own populations in accordance with the food supply and other factors. They can fly up to 50 miles per hour and can travel up to 600 miles in one day. Their hearing and vision are both excellent.

The Disease Myth
The most widespread misconception about urban pigeons is that they are carriers of disease. Pest-control companies charge them with transmitting any number of diseases, but the truth is that the vast majority of people are at little to no health risk from pigeons. A search of epidemiological studies over more than 60 years found so few cases of diseases transmitted from feral pigeons to humans that the researchers concluded, “Although feral pigeons pose sporadic health risks to humans, the risk is very low, even for humans involved in occupations that bring them into close contact with nesting sites.”

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