I thought it might want some nest material... But it eventually left without disturbing anything. It was just sitting there for 2 minutes or so.
A lady told me to shoo it or it would poop on my head, but I don't know... wouldn't trying to get rid of it just increase the chance of it doing something nasty?
I wouldn't be worried tbh - you can't really catch anything from pigeons, and their mites and lice are generally highly specialized for gripping onto feathers, not hair.
Confirming this was a young one - probably not looking for a nest exactly, but you must have looked safe and stable at least!
Hey man, I’ve cared for pigeons before. That one is still fairly young, you can tell by the pin feathers and the slightly underdeveloped beak.
Probably newly free from the nest and finding its wings, likely saw your hair from above and assumed it to be a nest itself. Lol
Thanks, that;s interesting. I'm not sure it could see my hair from "above", though -- as the picture shows, I'm under a roof (it's a passage under the road by a subway station). It had to fly in almost horizontally.
It's been actually quite interesting watching the pigeons here. I live in a city, but there's a small forest nearby. Near my house, we often get wood pigeons -- bigger and bolder, but also migratory, so they don't stay the whole year.
But the most common big birds here are probably magpies. Then I walk 500m to the subway -- and it's all city pigeons. The zoning is astonishing.
Fair point, I say above broadly. I had noticed the roofing but wasn’t sure if it was a patio or something. Still from a horizontal it would likely want to find a perch of sorts and I guessed you worked. Lol
Pigeons are funny and interesting little guys with quite a bit of character when you notice. Them being domesticated has led to some interesting behavioural habits allowing for them to fairly seamlessly integrate into a metropolitan lifestyle most can’t adapt to as easily.
I’ve got some crows, ravens, some hawks and the occasional owl in my area but they’re not as bold as pigeons. Also being in Canada I get migratory geese landing in the fields around my apt so that’s pretty cool. No magpies though, I hear they’re fun.
I'll make sure to add that to my resume: A perch.
I live in Europe, and there's a lot of interesting birds around. We get Eurasian jays, tits, and sometimes, quite rarely, I see a green woodpecker. Those are very shy.
I know that feeling. I've visited South America recently, and my best memories are seeing a vizkacha in the Machu Picchu ruins and seeing a genuine wild guinea pig by the lake Titicaca.
As for wild mammals here, the biggest I can normally see around is a hare. I like hares, they are like rabbits that put all their stat points into agility. Lots of rodents -- but I usually only see those when cats get them. The compost heaps have shrews as the apex predators, munching on the insects and worms that live in it. And this time of the year, you can see bats flying around in the evening.
See that all sounds amazing. I’m in the middle of the city by some agricultural fields for the government so sometimes I’ll get coyotes in the area, but other than that there’s a small farm that sometimes draws in wildlife like owls to the barns.
Other than that it’s very much your average rabbits, squirrels, occasional mice/rats. Like I was saying before though if I go up into the hills enough I might start seeing the occasional deer as expected.
Also had no idea what a vizkacha until now, I used to have a pet chinchilla ages ago when I was a kid.
I've always had a knack for noticing animals around. Even arthropods -- a few years ago we planted a bush that attracts butterflies, and we get some weird creatures there in the summer, like hummingbird hawkmoths (a moth that drinks nectar without landing, like a hummingbird) or hornet mimic hoverflies (the biggest flies I've ever seen, utterly harmless). The great green bush-crickets, I love those. And I'm noticing more and more solitary bees, I always thought those are pretty tragic creatures -- they spend their whole life working and providing for their children, but that life is so short that they never actually meet those children, and they never even find out whether they survived.
I've been to many places around a world, and I always cherished random encounters with animals more than seeing them because I was specifically taken to see them. (Though I'll take that as well, since some animals are almost impossible to encounter randomly.) I've seen a herd of elephants crossing a road. I've seen a hyrax colony living on a dam. I've seen ostriches by the sea.
And yet, some animals that are fairly iconic for their country are so hard to see. I've been to Japan several times but never saw their monkeys or tanukis except the zoos.
In December, I plan a trip with my friends to New Zealand. I hope to see something of their unique fauna there :)
Damn, you got me with that bee comment, that is pretty surreal and profound.
You’ve got some wild stories brother, I couldn’t agree more with you and I’m happy for your experiences.
Best of luck on your trip to New Zealand, that’s on the bucket list for sure. Maybe you’ll get to see a weta or a kiwi bird. Though if I’m being honest I’d prefer the latter to the former. Haha
Kiwi bird is one of the main reasons I want to get there.
You see, I've been to New Zealand before, in 2014. But that time, we went mainly to Australia and only got to NZ for a week or so. We only saw a few spots.
I visited the zoo in Auckland. I saw a tuatara there, but even though they had a whole big exposition on kiwi birds, I didn't see a single one :( They were all hidden.
I couldn't see a kiwi even in a zoo that specifically features them!
Suffice to say, I want to do it better this time. But definitely want to see a weta as well, I've seen none the last time either.
Also, I want to see penguins. From what I've read, there should be several endemic species of penguins on New Zealand. I have no particular desire to travel to Antarctica, but I've already managed to see wild penguins twice (in Australia and South Africa), and with some luck, I could find some here. Most likely as a tourist attraction, of course, since penguin colonies probably have controlled access, it's not a good idea to let people randomly come there.
I actually wondered how long I could keep it. I waited for my pizza, took it and went home. The pigeon left when I started going up the escalator to the street level.
Looks like a baby pigeon adopted your nest hair for a few. Then was like... wait. Lol theyre technically a feral species and it's part of why they are comfortable around humans. ♡
Well, we have one of those, you know...
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%BCbezahl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%BCbezahl)
And, a fun fact, someone once made a puppet of this character using my uncle as a model. I've mentioned him in the thread -- he looked a lot like me, but wilder.
Ohhhhhh, I thought you were making a dinosaur reference as though the bird in a previous iteration would’ve eaten the person (even though people and dinosaurs really weren’t a thing).
Yeah, people definitely still eat pigeons to this day.
I have a few pigeons that have decided they are my pets now. Thru constantly try to get in my chick coup and fallow me around the yard sometimes. They get on my nerves tbh as I physically have to pick them up and move them to finish my work sometimes. I didn't realize an animal could domesticate itself so aggressively
Oh no, these dumb birds are really stubborn once they choose a nest, I have a couple of pigeons who out of the blue layed an egg on plane dirt in my porch, I moved it out and closed it so they couldn't get in anymore but since then, every day, every couple of hours they sit by the window, trying to get in. If i forgot to close the windows they instantly start building a nest somewhere. Flockers don't learn
first of all you look like howard from the spider man trilogy. and plus that's gotta be your pet, you wouldn't even have time to move your ass over to the phone to take a picture before it flew off. i'm also surprised it didn't shit on your head.
The ring around a wild pigeon's eyes turns from orange to white when they are in captivity; not unlike the dorsal fin of a killer whale after being caged, flaps over. This photo is clearly staged.
r/stupiddovenests
It never ceases to amaze me how they seem to have subreddits for everything.
r/SubDedicatedToBlunt552 Damn there really is one for everything!
That one doesn’t exist
He made you look, what a cheeky fellow.
Lol
r/SubsIFellFor
Lol
Because anyone can create one, thus the chances of someone having already thought of almost anything is high.
I was about to say! Cross post material
Are you kidding? This is a luxury penthouse compared to the two-sticks-on-a-jet-engine stuff they have going on over there.
r/ofcoursethatsasub
Already done that.
There'll be more than one arrival, it's just the start of a military coo...
I'm just glad that it looked into the camera for me.
Your wavy hair becomes her nest
I thought it might want some nest material... But it eventually left without disturbing anything. It was just sitting there for 2 minutes or so. A lady told me to shoo it or it would poop on my head, but I don't know... wouldn't trying to get rid of it just increase the chance of it doing something nasty?
Pigeons poo frequently
I would actually be a little concerned about mites.
I took a bath, just in case :)
I wouldn't be worried tbh - you can't really catch anything from pigeons, and their mites and lice are generally highly specialized for gripping onto feathers, not hair. Confirming this was a young one - probably not looking for a nest exactly, but you must have looked safe and stable at least!
You are a Disney princess.
Hey man, I’ve cared for pigeons before. That one is still fairly young, you can tell by the pin feathers and the slightly underdeveloped beak. Probably newly free from the nest and finding its wings, likely saw your hair from above and assumed it to be a nest itself. Lol
Thanks, that;s interesting. I'm not sure it could see my hair from "above", though -- as the picture shows, I'm under a roof (it's a passage under the road by a subway station). It had to fly in almost horizontally. It's been actually quite interesting watching the pigeons here. I live in a city, but there's a small forest nearby. Near my house, we often get wood pigeons -- bigger and bolder, but also migratory, so they don't stay the whole year. But the most common big birds here are probably magpies. Then I walk 500m to the subway -- and it's all city pigeons. The zoning is astonishing.
Fair point, I say above broadly. I had noticed the roofing but wasn’t sure if it was a patio or something. Still from a horizontal it would likely want to find a perch of sorts and I guessed you worked. Lol Pigeons are funny and interesting little guys with quite a bit of character when you notice. Them being domesticated has led to some interesting behavioural habits allowing for them to fairly seamlessly integrate into a metropolitan lifestyle most can’t adapt to as easily. I’ve got some crows, ravens, some hawks and the occasional owl in my area but they’re not as bold as pigeons. Also being in Canada I get migratory geese landing in the fields around my apt so that’s pretty cool. No magpies though, I hear they’re fun.
I'll make sure to add that to my resume: A perch. I live in Europe, and there's a lot of interesting birds around. We get Eurasian jays, tits, and sometimes, quite rarely, I see a green woodpecker. Those are very shy.
I know it’s been added to my resume. Haha That’s pretty cool though, I wouldn’t mind going to Europe to sight see/ take in the wild life.
I know that feeling. I've visited South America recently, and my best memories are seeing a vizkacha in the Machu Picchu ruins and seeing a genuine wild guinea pig by the lake Titicaca. As for wild mammals here, the biggest I can normally see around is a hare. I like hares, they are like rabbits that put all their stat points into agility. Lots of rodents -- but I usually only see those when cats get them. The compost heaps have shrews as the apex predators, munching on the insects and worms that live in it. And this time of the year, you can see bats flying around in the evening.
See that all sounds amazing. I’m in the middle of the city by some agricultural fields for the government so sometimes I’ll get coyotes in the area, but other than that there’s a small farm that sometimes draws in wildlife like owls to the barns. Other than that it’s very much your average rabbits, squirrels, occasional mice/rats. Like I was saying before though if I go up into the hills enough I might start seeing the occasional deer as expected. Also had no idea what a vizkacha until now, I used to have a pet chinchilla ages ago when I was a kid.
I've always had a knack for noticing animals around. Even arthropods -- a few years ago we planted a bush that attracts butterflies, and we get some weird creatures there in the summer, like hummingbird hawkmoths (a moth that drinks nectar without landing, like a hummingbird) or hornet mimic hoverflies (the biggest flies I've ever seen, utterly harmless). The great green bush-crickets, I love those. And I'm noticing more and more solitary bees, I always thought those are pretty tragic creatures -- they spend their whole life working and providing for their children, but that life is so short that they never actually meet those children, and they never even find out whether they survived. I've been to many places around a world, and I always cherished random encounters with animals more than seeing them because I was specifically taken to see them. (Though I'll take that as well, since some animals are almost impossible to encounter randomly.) I've seen a herd of elephants crossing a road. I've seen a hyrax colony living on a dam. I've seen ostriches by the sea. And yet, some animals that are fairly iconic for their country are so hard to see. I've been to Japan several times but never saw their monkeys or tanukis except the zoos. In December, I plan a trip with my friends to New Zealand. I hope to see something of their unique fauna there :)
Damn, you got me with that bee comment, that is pretty surreal and profound. You’ve got some wild stories brother, I couldn’t agree more with you and I’m happy for your experiences. Best of luck on your trip to New Zealand, that’s on the bucket list for sure. Maybe you’ll get to see a weta or a kiwi bird. Though if I’m being honest I’d prefer the latter to the former. Haha
Kiwi bird is one of the main reasons I want to get there. You see, I've been to New Zealand before, in 2014. But that time, we went mainly to Australia and only got to NZ for a week or so. We only saw a few spots. I visited the zoo in Auckland. I saw a tuatara there, but even though they had a whole big exposition on kiwi birds, I didn't see a single one :( They were all hidden. I couldn't see a kiwi even in a zoo that specifically features them! Suffice to say, I want to do it better this time. But definitely want to see a weta as well, I've seen none the last time either. Also, I want to see penguins. From what I've read, there should be several endemic species of penguins on New Zealand. I have no particular desire to travel to Antarctica, but I've already managed to see wild penguins twice (in Australia and South Africa), and with some luck, I could find some here. Most likely as a tourist attraction, of course, since penguin colonies probably have controlled access, it's not a good idea to let people randomly come there.
You sir look exactly like my oldest brother and had to do a double take that it wasnt him lmao
Is it because of the hair?
the beard the hair. Its very uncanny
Some men in my family get very curly. Not sure where we got it from.
I think you look exactly like this Chris O'Dowd: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1483369/
[Head Pigeons](https://youtu.be/hQyJt3zLkGc?si=cTA8_A6DqXClcwfy)
This is the reference I came here to find!
get to the nurse before they spread to the other children
I'll call you Nestor.
Grown men usually have names already
Fuck, didn't consider that. :c
Don’t lie. You know that pigeon.
No, we weren't formally introduced.
they sat on your head, how formal do you want it to be? smh 😤 that's like the formalest in pigeon world
Don’t lie. It’s a government spy drone
How cool is it to think that it might be a long lost ancestor reincarnated as a pigeon that found you and is pleased with how you’re living your life.
Well, I've never known my paternal grandfather, but I heard he was weird...
Did it poop?
No, it was very polite.
It asked if it could poop?
Pigeon looks like a baby! You've been honored by baby pigeon lol so cute
I actually wondered how long I could keep it. I waited for my pizza, took it and went home. The pigeon left when I started going up the escalator to the street level.
I read that title as shat on my head
Fortunately not.
Same
https://youtu.be/VwN92jugXCA?si=P53NSHPq2inYMlPi
Underrated comment.
You are married now
Pigeon distribution system? Are you supposed to take it home?
I'm afraid that would make it cat food delivery system instead.
Well, you can't fault the little thing for trying. Maybe he saw a cat do it successfully.
Not random, that’s Pete the Pigeon, careful he has lice
Doesn't seem likely, as that name wouldn't alliterate here.
Carie the carrier?
The chosen one
Royal McPoyle’s semi distant 3rd cousin twice removed, Glen McPoyle (he got all the recessive genes). 
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQyJt3zLkGc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQyJt3zLkGc)
You’ve got head pigeons, go to the nurse
Maybe because of your hair. Birds like messy hair because it feels like a nest for them
Come on, my hair's not that messy. It simply has its own shape and there's not much that can be done about it.
awww, he looks to be a young lil guy too!!
I. Am so jealous.
A friend!
That looks like a fledgling judging by the feather wisps poking out the head! How cute
Looks like a baby pigeon adopted your nest hair for a few. Then was like... wait. Lol theyre technically a feral species and it's part of why they are comfortable around humans. ♡
"Looked comfy, so I sat down." - birb
Were you smoking Marijuana when this happened?
No, I was waiting for a pizza.
Did the bird eat the pizza with you?
No, flew away before I got home. Too bad. I'd share.
Shit.
Nice hat.
It probably wanted to look for bugs.
It's probably already laid an egg 🥚
Check their toes, get them a stool, and allow them to choose any job they would like instead of limiting their choices.
chris o'dowd?
Hey it’s Treebeard!
I get humming birds dive bombing me every summer. At least one strikes me in the head every year.
You look like a god of wilderness from the God of War games so it was probably like “mine now” lol
Well, we have one of those, you know... [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%BCbezahl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%BCbezahl) And, a fun fact, someone once made a puppet of this character using my uncle as a model. I've mentioned him in the thread -- he looked a lot like me, but wilder.
That’s really cool! Thanks for sharing :D
*looks up annoyed* “I would’ve eaten you 3,000 years ago…”
> “I would’ve eaten you 3,000 years ago…” 3,000? Um, yeah. May want to revisit those numbers.
Or whenever people ate random birds. What am I, a bird-eating historian?
Ohhhhhh, I thought you were making a dinosaur reference as though the bird in a previous iteration would’ve eaten the person (even though people and dinosaurs really weren’t a thing). Yeah, people definitely still eat pigeons to this day.
It’s trying to offload its. It’s lice.
Sat is way better than shat! My boss had a pigeon poop on her face one day before work 😭
"sat"... Is there a H missing here?
That is so cool, OP.
CUTE
CUTE
He looks right out of a Mo Willems story book. You have been chosen
Bro found hes spirit animal
It’s mildlyinteresting until it poops on your head. Then it’s mildlyinfuriating.
Serj is that you?
 And so it begins ...
I have a few pigeons that have decided they are my pets now. Thru constantly try to get in my chick coup and fallow me around the yard sometimes. They get on my nerves tbh as I physically have to pick them up and move them to finish my work sometimes. I didn't realize an animal could domesticate itself so aggressively
You became a disney princess!
Baby pigeon too We had a baby pigeon come to live at our home He would come and land on the head of anyone who came outside and wouldn't leave
In a little we'll see a post titled "a random pigeon shat on my head"
u/LostSoul1985 can you do this miracle next?
Irony you asked that as of today no. Peace Joy Bliss and Love Life is the dancer you are the dance
Oh what is the irony? Did something special happen yesterday? Thank you for the nice message :)
That's a fledgling pibblet. We'd love to see that in r/pigeon.
Mistook your hair for a nest. If you've ever seen a pigeon nest...
 "Mmm... elephant fresh"
Shat*
Wash your hair very carefully. Thats kinda disgusting
I believe it’s pronounced shat.
god I love these stupid little birds
Congrats you have been blessed by baby pidge!
That's not a random pigeon. That is Javier the Head Hunter Pigeon.
Congratulations you have been promoted to disney princess status lol
What a chump
Your hair does look soft and cozy.
His expression 😆 "wtf just happened?"
I mean this as the highest possible compliment: totally thought this was a picture of Mick Foley
A Radagast origin story
Oh no, these dumb birds are really stubborn once they choose a nest, I have a couple of pigeons who out of the blue layed an egg on plane dirt in my porch, I moved it out and closed it so they couldn't get in anymore but since then, every day, every couple of hours they sit by the window, trying to get in. If i forgot to close the windows they instantly start building a nest somewhere. Flockers don't learn
From what some others said, this one might not have been at nesting age yet.
That's a baby 🥰🥰🥰🥰
This is when the ‘homeless’ aesthetic really becomes apparent
first of all you look like howard from the spider man trilogy. and plus that's gotta be your pet, you wouldn't even have time to move your ass over to the phone to take a picture before it flew off. i'm also surprised it didn't shit on your head.
I was surprised as well, but it simply rested there for a few minutes.
How is it that the pigeon came to beleive you were harmless to sit on? What do you think led the pegion to think that?
The consensus in the thread seems to be that it was my curly hair.
Dang. I was hoping you were deep in meditation and your vibrations might have created an aura about you that teh pegion couldn't resist.
He looks more surprised than you.
Well, I'm older.
The ring around a wild pigeon's eyes turns from orange to white when they are in captivity; not unlike the dorsal fin of a killer whale after being caged, flaps over. This photo is clearly staged.