Pigeons: they remember your face

[editor]

Here's something I never knew:

According to the RSPB, pigeons – descendants of the rock dove, which have been domesticated in the UK for eggs and meat since the Norman invasion – are capable of remembering both faces and places. If fed they will return to the same location and look for the same people, a sort of self-fulfilling pigeon prophecy: the more people that fed them, the more pigeons returned to the square.

Where Did Trafalgar Square's Pigeons Come From?

 

[StoneRoad]

I have noticed that the pigeons that nest around Whitehaven Marina are quite capable of recognizing people and dogs that are no threat to them - they still watch, but don't fly off. But when someone / dog they don't like or don't know appears, they take to the air.

 

[petee]

 

[weltweit]

I don't know about pigeons but some bird did a massive crap on my car yesterday and I am not impressed!

 

[Steel Icarus]

Tell me they can remember your name too and I'll be impressed.

 

[maomao]

Tell me they can remember your name too and I'll be impressed.

They can remember this person's name:

 

[Steel Icarus]

They can remember this person's name:

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I wonder if Prince Andrew can.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Pigeons aren't too bad - and they're good at dealing with our bad habit of wasting food.