Columba livia, or the common pigeon.

I imagine this is not the usual angle people are used to seeing pigeons; rather, you probably picture them from above, staring up at you from sidewalk level, begging for a piece of whatever it is your eating, in the dingy second-hand light found at the concrete bottom of your urban canyon.

In this light their iridescent neck feathers are quite striking.

Canon R10, f/14, 1/640sec, ISO-500, the full 400mm using the Bird Lens.

Bonus picture:

Dafuq you lookin’ at?

  • PlantJam@lemmy.world
    2·
    16 hours ago

    Doves are just pigeons with better PR. Cool pictures! I love how much color variation pigeons have.

  • theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    1·
    16 hours ago

    Nice pictures! I love pigeons, they are beautiful underated birds. I have a group of around 30 that regularly visit my garden and chill out (because I feed them xD)