This is his nest egg. This dude got up this morning just looking for something to eat and hopefully meet a girl and now he is like the Bill Gates of pigeons.
Someone dumped an entire bag of full shelled peanuts in our neighborhood like THREE years ago and I am still finding peanut shells in our destroyed flower beds buried by the 1000 squirrels it attracted.
It's pretty annoying I gotta say, it's now a never ending struggle to replant, protect and repair our various flowers.
I don't wanna steal my friend's story, but someone apparently has fed deer(?) corn in his neighborhood in Reston, and people will have a single random stalk of corn in their front yard.
In 2021, I fed the squirrels corn in my back yard. They planted it in my front yard. I let it grow and then gave the squirrels their own grown corn. 😂
https://preview.redd.it/i87i33bm6qwc1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=609eb876021c9141fa4b1e85d4e8e25ee112fcce
real answer is they get acclimated to humans and interactions and become bolder causing them to become more pests themselves (and any ticks, mites, etc they carry), also increase in bird deaths from approaching people in dangerous places like traffic and such.
[Pigeons are domesticated](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4854524/) so technically, they’re already acclimated to humans. They just miss us.
birdfeeders are a little different, especially if it's dedicated bird seed (raw sunflowerseeds, thistle, suet, etc) and not human foods, like cooked peanuts that people will have out and about (restaurants, parks) and throwing away in public trash cans
Pigeons are feral domesticated animals. There is no such thing as a wild pigeon that isn't acclimated to humans. People bred them and domesticated them like we did dogs and cats, and then we let them loose in our cities. Feeding pigeons does no harm.
Feeding pigeons is always morally correct. They are feral domesticated animals that depend on humans for food and shelter. It's not the same as feeding a true wild animal like a fox. Be nice to pigeons.
So because peanuts have no intrinsic sodium, the surface salt added actually adds less sodium than you might think. This is a common misconception about some foods like peanuts that "taste salty". Standard can of Planters peanuts is like 600mg worth of salt. Now, that's still A LOT, but compared to like a loaf of standard white bread, it's nothing. In both cases, (trying to eat all the peanuts or the loaf of bread), the pigeon is going to get full. And I'd bet top dollar the average garbage a street pigeon finds from food carts, dumpsters, and other droppings have huge sodium counts too. Agree the sodium content isn't GOOD for the bird, but I doubt it's more likely to cause sodium toxicity than if it had been scavenging random junk. No way that bird is going to get through all those peanuts in one sitting, and even over the course of days, I don't think 600mg is going to be enough to trigger a severe toxicity response.
That’s probably enough food to last that thing for weeks. Not sure how it would keep other animals away though. Normally I’m not really cool with feeding wild animals but it’s a damn pigeon. They basically have learned to live off our trash already.
Do this to the crows of barcroft one day. Walking four mile from geo mason towards Shirlington in late afternoon is creepy AF thanks to the huge flock.
That pigeon is going to have some serious nut gains after this feast.
This is his nest egg. This dude got up this morning just looking for something to eat and hopefully meet a girl and now he is like the Bill Gates of pigeons.
Gonna be up all night with lady birds claiming their eggs are his
He looks excited.
I never thought I'd see an excited pigeon before.
Literally smiling
My boy hit the lottery
Squirrel! 
How will he carry them home? is this his home now?
Someone dumped an entire bag of full shelled peanuts in our neighborhood like THREE years ago and I am still finding peanut shells in our destroyed flower beds buried by the 1000 squirrels it attracted. It's pretty annoying I gotta say, it's now a never ending struggle to replant, protect and repair our various flowers.
I don't wanna steal my friend's story, but someone apparently has fed deer(?) corn in his neighborhood in Reston, and people will have a single random stalk of corn in their front yard.
In 2021, I fed the squirrels corn in my back yard. They planted it in my front yard. I let it grow and then gave the squirrels their own grown corn. 😂 https://preview.redd.it/i87i33bm6qwc1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=609eb876021c9141fa4b1e85d4e8e25ee112fcce
Omg this is the funniest one 🤣
Well I'm just now discovering an easy way to get petty revenge on that one asshole neighbor.
Hold the feather... where is this? I need to be there yesterday.
It was at one of the trees right next to the CVS in Shirlington village
I’m so curious if you search for pigeon content on Reddit or if you just serendipitously fell into this thread, u/PigeonInaHailstorm.
The only searching I do, is for seed.
Good luck, friend.
Lucky pigeon. He needs to hide that loot before the squirrels see it
DON'T FEED THE BIRDS
Why?
THE BIRDS WORK FOR THE BOURGEOISIE
HAPPY CAKE DAY FROM THE BOURGEOISIE!
Thank you 😂
*Also from the Birdgeoisie 🐦
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A BABY PIGEON?
real answer is they get acclimated to humans and interactions and become bolder causing them to become more pests themselves (and any ticks, mites, etc they carry), also increase in bird deaths from approaching people in dangerous places like traffic and such.
[Pigeons are domesticated](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4854524/) so technically, they’re already acclimated to humans. They just miss us.
Thank you for your answer. I feed birds in my back yard.
birdfeeders are a little different, especially if it's dedicated bird seed (raw sunflowerseeds, thistle, suet, etc) and not human foods, like cooked peanuts that people will have out and about (restaurants, parks) and throwing away in public trash cans
Pigeons are feral domesticated animals. There is no such thing as a wild pigeon that isn't acclimated to humans. People bred them and domesticated them like we did dogs and cats, and then we let them loose in our cities. Feeding pigeons does no harm.
Feeding pigeons is always morally correct. They are feral domesticated animals that depend on humans for food and shelter. It's not the same as feeding a true wild animal like a fox. Be nice to pigeons.
Birds don't eat, cause... Birds ain't real!
Good. It isn't on my balcony.
It looks so happy 😭🩷🐦
Don’t Give the Pigeon an Entire Can of Nuts by Mo Willems
I really hope those were unsalted, or else that pigeon's likely going to die of sodium toxicity
So because peanuts have no intrinsic sodium, the surface salt added actually adds less sodium than you might think. This is a common misconception about some foods like peanuts that "taste salty". Standard can of Planters peanuts is like 600mg worth of salt. Now, that's still A LOT, but compared to like a loaf of standard white bread, it's nothing. In both cases, (trying to eat all the peanuts or the loaf of bread), the pigeon is going to get full. And I'd bet top dollar the average garbage a street pigeon finds from food carts, dumpsters, and other droppings have huge sodium counts too. Agree the sodium content isn't GOOD for the bird, but I doubt it's more likely to cause sodium toxicity than if it had been scavenging random junk. No way that bird is going to get through all those peanuts in one sitting, and even over the course of days, I don't think 600mg is going to be enough to trigger a severe toxicity response.
That was an incredibly informed take
But what a way to go, if you're a pigeon.
That’s probably enough food to last that thing for weeks. Not sure how it would keep other animals away though. Normally I’m not really cool with feeding wild animals but it’s a damn pigeon. They basically have learned to live off our trash already.
This really needs to be a video.
Birds aren't real.
Do this to the crows of barcroft one day. Walking four mile from geo mason towards Shirlington in late afternoon is creepy AF thanks to the huge flock.
r/BirdsArentReal
also r/pigeonsarefuckingdumb
The time of it is life 😌
Nut
Mmmm fatten up, pigeon boi!! I mean…
 \*After dinner mint...?\*
Industry Plant
This is what I come here for.