Not much gets the system going like an indoor water moccasin encounter. So I still have things to do today, so I toss the snake carcass in the pond, get a coffee to replace the one I spilled over the snake, and head out to the hangar and promptly jump out of my skin and spill the next coffee…..over a pigeon?
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OK, its a one pound bird, but I’m at my “startled by animals in the hangar” daily limit. I can’t explain why, but this guy is marching all around my hangar. He can fly, but keeps coming back. If his eagle vision was supposed to warn me of the presence of a big snake, well sorry buddy, you are 10 minutes late to work, and you owe me another coffee.
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Just outside the side door. He has some kind of a band on his ankle. Probably on probation. Someone should contact his parole officer and mention that it isn’t funny to scare middle aged men for entertainment. One more visitor and I’m going to take it as a sign I should have gone to the beach today.
Thank you for the laughs today while reading about the plethora of wildlife that abounds in Florida. I know it shouldn’t make me laugh but something about the way you wrote it that got to me. Probably the fact that I can envision the entire process happening, and you being more upset about the spilled coffee than with the annoyance of nature. Maybe I just have a warped sense of humor, and am grateful it wasn’t me in your position.
I saw a program about a South Africa snake specialist that removed snakes for a living. People down there have to deal with Black mombas,King browns,2 kinds of cobras,and a small snake that burrows in the flower bed you can’t pick up without gloves.
Hey William I think you need a coffee cup with a lid!!!
Looks like a Racing Pigeon. They usually have bands on their ankles. Check here how are they traced. https://kabootarparwari.com/racing-pigeon-eyes/2020/11/24/
Based on the picture of the pigeon it was an American Racing Pigeon.
https://www.pigeon.org/lostbirdinfo.htm
Looks like the green band says “IF” for the International Federation.
http://www.ifpigeon.com/index.html
So the bird was released from prison, on probation.
Sorry it’s a slow morning at work today…
He flew away this afternoon
Dan,
I had no idea you were into pigeons like this…
Thank you for the laughs today while reading about the plethora of wildlife that abounds in Florida. I know it shouldn’t make me laugh but something about the way you wrote it that got to me. Probably the fact that I can envision the entire process happening, and you being more upset about the spilled coffee than with the annoyance of nature. Maybe I just have a warped sense of humor, and am grateful it wasn’t me in your position.
I saw a program about a South Africa snake specialist that removed snakes for a living. People down there have to deal with Black mombas,King browns,2 kinds of cobras,and a small snake that burrows in the flower bed you can’t pick up without gloves.
It’s a racing pigeon. Most Racers or trainers put ring bands for breed identification.
https://kabootarparwari.com/racing-pigeon-eyes/2020/11/24/