(Editor's note: Olivia was assigned to write a theme today about something she's recently seen, which we had expected would be something on the Tower of London or the Old Operating Theater. But she wanted to write about pigeons. She very diligent used the internet all afternoon to research pigeon-ology on the internet and eventually wrote the following theme.)Today (like every day) we saw a group of pigeons. We gave them a cookie yesterday. We threw it. They came, did a circle and left, and we picked it up and trew it agin and the same thing happend. We did it about 5 times so we decited just to leave it. The next morning it was gone. Now pigeons don't just live in London. They also live in North and South Amrica but no canada. The colors on the wings are gray with two black stripes on each wing. The belly is gray. The feet are redish orangish. The beak is black. The size is 29-36 cm. (11-14 in.) The weight is 265-380 g (9.35-13.41 oz.) The wing span is 50-67 cm. (20-26 in.) The sound is coo, rooc' too-coo. the pigeon has lots of names. The french call he pigeon biset. The spanish call it paloma bravia. The english call it Rock Dove and domestic pigeon. Its head can be purpole, black and green mixed up. I found some words of things pigeons do when they mate. Assortive mating is when males and females pair up based on their color morphs. Fleding (fledgling) is a bird that is learning or has just taken fist flight. Pied white. This bird has white as well as other colors on its body. The pied white wing fethers which are easy to spot when the bird is flying. Checker. This bird look a little like a checkerboard. Its wing feathers have checks of light and dark. Billing The female puts her beack inside the male's beak then the two birds move together in rythm bobbing there heads up and down. Billing happens just before mating. Driving. The male runs close behind a female to move her away from other males. A crown is a pigeons head. Tarsus is the back of a pigeons leg. These are some facts about pigeons.
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Well done, Olivia, for writing about pigeons. As you may or may not know, we are huge fans of pigeons and were adopted by a pair a few years ago that had three successive rounds of babies before Katie got sick of having poo everywhere and we sent them packing. Here are some clips of the mother, Henrietta, with the last set of babies, twins Ima Pigeon and Ura Pigeon: clip 1,
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We are thoroughly enjoying your blog, and I wish I were a member of your family doing all these wonderful things with you. But I doubt I could keep up with you! <3 Katie
Excellent post Olivia. A+ for your informative report on pigeons. Sorry it's been so long since I've written. We do think of you daily here in room 12. I could spend all day getting caught up on the family blog, but need to return to my work. It's wonderful to see and hear about all the things you are learning. I miss you very much. Josie misses you too! Take care.
With love, Mrs. Graydon
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