Scout

On the morning of Tuesday October 19th I was already feeling extra pigeony because I was rushing around to gather and box up two pigeons that I was taking to see Dr. Speer at the Medical Center for Birds (out in Oakley) plus four others that I would then be taking to a new foster aviary in Berkeley where I would be met by two other volunteers with a total of ten more pigeons!



I do not need any more pigeons, thank you very much.



But that morning there was a white king pigeon youngster hanging around with the free-flying ferals and trying to get into my pigeon coop. There are a lot of feral pigeons that hang around my house and, on occasion, a dumped/released and homeless king pigeon will follow them in. The hawks from Candlestick Hill usually get them before I can. This is the third one to show up this year.



But, somehow, despite being really rushed, I was able to catch this one. I missed on the first couple of tries and it quickly learned to keep on the opposite side of the coop from me but it really, really wanted to get into the coop and so hung around long enough for me to finally make a successful attempt and net it.



Late as I was, I didn't have time to fool with it. I checked it over, saw that while only about 4 weeks old, it was in OK condition and released it into the coop. It was a little dirty (I think with car grease from hiding under cars) and, despite really wanting into the coop, was not at all happy with me and my net. Though he was happy with the pigeon feed.



The new squeaker immediately found Picasso & Lollipop (only a week or two older) and hung out with them.



I decided I would name this clever bird Scout.



I guess I should appreciate that Scout delivered himself right to me for rescue. Thanks, Scout! Scout is available for adoption and would make a nice friend for Lollipop or Picasso. Contact me at AdoptKings@gmail.com.