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	Wood Pigeon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus) is a member of the family Columbidae, Doves and Pigeons.
		In the colder northern and eastern parts of its European and western Asiatic range the Wood Pigeon is a migrant, but in southern and western Europe it is a well distributed and often abundant resident.
		The three western European Columba pigeons, Wood Pigeon, Stock Dove and Rock Dove, though superficially alike, have very distinctive characteristics; the Wood Pigeon may at once be told by its larger size at 38-43 cm, and the white on its neck and wing.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wood_Pigeon (465 words)

	Dove - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The usually flimsy nests are made of sticks, and the two white eggs are incubated by both sexes.
		Unlike most other birds, (but see flamingo), the doves and pigeons produce "crop milk", which is secreted by a sloughing of fluid-filled cells from the lining of the crop.
		A molecular phylogeny of the dove genera Streptopelia and Columba; Auk 118, 4 (2001): 874-887
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dove (389 words)

	MSN Encarta - Multimedia - Wood Pigeon
		A white patch on the neck and white bands on the wings distinguish the wood pigeon from other types of pigeons.
		Native to warm, forested climates of Europe and Asia, the wood pigeon is a close relative of the street, or feral, pigeon that is abundant in urban areas worldwide.
		Each species of pigeon has foraging skills and adaptations that enable it to find food in its habitat.
	encarta.msn.com /media_461541496_761569160_-1_1/Wood_Pigeon.html (68 words)

	Dove - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The terms dove and pigeon are used interchangeably, although smaller species are more likely to be called doves.
		Pigeons and doves are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy cere.
		Other names for this bird are Celebes Imperial Pigeon, Celebes Green Imperial Pigeon and Green Imperial Pigeon.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pigeon (389 words)

	Pink Pigeon - Pigeon des Mares - Columba mayeri
		Decline was not long to follow and in the 19th century the bird was restricted to forest areas in the uplands and considered rare by the turn of the century.
		The pink pigeon, the largest of all the pigeons and doves found on Mauritius is another highly endangered species.
		It is very localised to only one of the five populations of Pink Pigeons at "Pigeon Wood", also known as "Plaine Pol".
	www.encyclopedia.mu /Nature/Fauna/Birds/Endemic/PinkPigeon.htm (694 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Wood pigeon, ring dove
		Wood pigeon chicks are fed on crop milk, specially produced by the parents.
		Wood pigeons are large and portly grey birds, with a white band across the wings, white patch at the side of the neck and a dark band on the tail.
		Wood pigeon nests are very scanty and are placed in trees and bushes.
	www.bbc.co.uk /nature/wildfacts/factfiles/255.shtml (215 words)

	Birds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Wood Pigeons are very common in the countryside and in towns.
		Wood Pigeons are found in woods, gardens, parks and town squares.
		Wood Pigeons often clap their wings together when flying off.
	www.naturegrid.org.uk /biodiversity/birds/pigeons.htm (281 words)

	Waitrose.com - Wood pigeon - Food Glossary
		Wood pigeons are a meaty bird with a distinctive gamey flavour and rich, deep-coloured meat.
		Waitrose wood pigeon is fully traceable to a small number of carefully selected shoots on country estates in southern England and the Midlands.
		Seasonal availability: Wood pigeon is available from 1 September to 31 March.
	www.waitrose.com /food_drink/Recipes/glossary/foodglossary/Woodpigeon.asp (297 words)

	Encyclopedia: Wood Pigeon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Wood Pigeon in an English garden, perched on a light.
		Trinomial name Columba palumbus maderensis (Tschusi, 1904) The Madeiran Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus maderensis) was an endemic subspecies of the Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus) for Madeira (Portugal).
		Asiatic range the Wood Pigeon is a migrant, but in southern and western Europe it is a well distributed and often abundant resident.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Wood-Pigeon (1155 words)

	The Mauritian Wildlife Foundation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The destruction of native forest on a massive scale, the persecution of pigeons by people and the introduction of a staggering variety of exotic predators have all contributed to the decline of the Pink Pigeon.
		Pink Pigeons are perfectly adapted for foraging on fruits and leaves at the ends of the long, thin branches at the ends of native trees.
		Pigeons lay one to two eggs per clutch and take turn incubating and caring for the young.
	www.mauritian-wildlife.org /pigeon.htm (881 words)

	British Garden Birds - Wood Pigeon
		The Wood Pigeon is generally grey with a pinkish breast, and green, white and purple patch on the neck.
		Wood Pigeons waddle when they walk, which adds to their general appearance of being overweight.
		Wood Pigeons feed on seeds, grain and crops, but will feed on almost anything that is placed on a bird table.
	www.garden-birds.co.uk /birds/woodpigeon.htm (261 words)

	Pigeon Information
		"The Victoria crowned pigeon, Goura victoria, and the Common crowned pigeon, Goura cristata, are the peacocks of the pigeon family.
		Brief categorized information."These pigeons are easily distinguished from other pigeons and doves by their yellow feet, eye rings and bill".
		The American Homing Pigeon Institute was founded in 1973 to preserve the rich heritage of the domestic pigeon, serve as an educational resource, and act as a repository for documents and artifacts related to the family Columbidae.
	www.junglewalk.com /info/pigeon-information.htm (615 words)

	Pigeon Recovery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		As a result the pigeon, merely taking advantage, as would we all, of a chance to survive, is persecuted under a law which permits local authorities to reduce their numbers by extreme and violent means.
		The Passenger Pigeon was reckoned to be the most numerous bird in the world until this century when the very last one died in a zoo, her fellows having been blown into permanent oblivion by 'sportsmen' glutted on blood.
		Pigeons and doves belong to a large and successful family of 289 species, ranging in size from the Diamond Dove which is approximately 12cm long, to the Crowned Pigeon which is as big as a female turkey, and in colour from the many-coloured Fruit Dove to the soft grey Wood pigeon.
	members.aol.com /duiven/recovery/recovery.htm (3321 words)

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		Pat the pigeons thoroughly dry inside and out with paper towels and sprinkle their cavities with the remaining salt and a few grindings of pepper.
		To serve, arrange the pigeons on a heated platter and remove the trussing strings and skewers.
		Moisten the pigeons with the liquid remaining in the casserole, and garnish the platter with parsley.
	homepage.eircom.net /~jamesanthonyryan/new_page_19.htm (1412 words)

	wood pigeon -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		An exception is the white domestic pigeon, the symbol known as the dove of peace” (see domestic pigeon).
		When feeding on the ground a pigeon must be looking downward for much of the time and therefore is vulnerable to predators such as foxes.
		In one such experiment, captive house sparrows, starlings, and pigeons were trained to feed from a tray that was wired with electricity.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9077398 (869 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Wood pigeon 'most common UK bird'
		The wood pigeon is now the most commonly seen bird across the UK, a study has found.
		When I am home I have to police the window because I have wood pigeons, collard doves, green finches, chaffinches, sparrows, woodpeckers (I never chase woodpeckers away because they are only occasional visitors) and starlings.
		The wood pigeon is by far the most common bird where I live.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/newsFeedXML/moreover/-/1/hi/uk/4646685.stm (907 words)

	Mailagoya (Endemic) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Young birds are duller, and have only a trace of he fl and white 'chess board' patch on the side of the neck.
		This handsome pigeon is confined to the hill forest of Sri Lanka, though it has a close relation (the Nilgiri Wood Pigeon), of very similar appearance and habits, in the hills of South India.
		It s normal range is from 3,000 feet upwards to the highest elevations, but it wanders about a great deal and sometimes descends as low as 1000 feet in the damp forests of the wet zone.
	www.mysrilanka.com /travel/birds/mailagoya.htm (233 words)

	Woodpigeon - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The UK's largest and commonest pigeon, it is largely grey with a white neck patch and white wing patches, clearly visible in flight.
		Although shy in the countryside it can be tame and approachable in towns and cities.
		Found across the UK in fields and woods, and also in towns and cities where they frequent parks and gardens.
	www.rspb.org.uk /birds/guide/w/woodpigeon/index.asp (178 words)

	The Kereru Awhina Project :: Learn about the Kereru (Native Wood Pigeon)
		Kereru is also the only surviving bird since moa and huia capable of ingesting the large fruit and berries of the native trees of New Zealand and dispersing their seed.
		There are two sub-species of native pigeon, the New Zealand pigeon (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) known to the Maori as Kereru, or in Northland as kuku or kukupa, and the Chatham Island pigeon (Hemiphaga n.
		Section III of the act states “no wild duck, paradise duck or pigeon indigenous to the colony shall be taken, hunted or killed except during the months of April, May, June and July of any year.
	www.kereru.org.nz /learn.htm (841 words)

	Mycobacteria in Crohn's disease: DNA probes identify the wood pigeon strain of Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Mycobacteria in Crohn's disease: DNA probes identify the wood pigeon strain of Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium paratuberculosis from human tissue.
		A wood pigeon strain, M. avium restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) type A/I, is also capable of causing granulomatous ileitis in experimental animal models but is not known to cause disease in humans.
		In addition, the wood pigeon strain of M. avium was identified from a patient with ulcerative colitis, and M. avium RFLP type A was identified from a patient with colonic carcinoma.
	alan.kennedy.name /crohns/research/biopsies/199212.htm (355 words)

	BBC - Food - Recipes - Roast wood pigeon, perfume of ceps, white truffle oil
		Remove the legs, wings, wishbones and undercarriages from the pigeons.
		Season the wood pigeons and pan-fry in a little oil to colour nicely on both breasts, then place in the preheated oven and roast for about 12 minutes.
		Remove the pigeon breasts from the bone and place on top of the vegetables.
	www.bbc.co.uk /food/recipes/database/roastwoodpigeonperfu_8003.shtml (436 words)

	Item #5842017 - Wood Pigeon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		he Wood Pigeon (Kereru) is a splendid bird and the aristocrat of the Columbidae family which includes doves.
		With its head, throat and upper breast and back a metallic green flecked with gold and with a purple sheen, its belly white and its eye, beak and feet crimson, it is truly a gorgeous bird.
		Apart from Emperor penguins and flamingos, pigeons and doves are the only birds to produce food for their chicks.
	www.goldingcraft.com /58422017.htm (165 words)

	Irish Birds -- Pigeon -- - Pupils Work
		The Wood Pigeon is the most common pigeon in Ireland.
		It is the most widespread,and largest Pigeon in this country.It is easily recognised by its large size and smallishhead and it’ soft grey feathers.As with other normal Pigeon it has pink feet.
		The Wood Pigeon is a vegetarian, which means he doesn't eat the meat of other animals and all his food is based on plants.They feed on seeds and cabbages and pick at privet hedges along the roadside.
	homepage.eircom.net /~edrice/birds/pigeon.htm (269 words)

	Article on Pigeon Hunting by Tony Wall - Copyright Tony Wall & AirgunsToday.com. Your top shooting magazine. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Now the sun is great when you go on a picnic or to the seaside but when you're pigeon shooting it can be as much good as piles to a showjumper, because although you may have found a cracking spot to shoot from you may have the
		Gun: the one thing that I think all pigeon shooters have to agree on is a light rifle, don't forget you could be standing about for hours on end and after a short while your arms will soon feel like lead, so try to choose a light gun.
		Well that's the size of a pigeons brain (like some folks I know !), and that's what you've got to hit to enable you to dispatch it cleanly, anywhere else could result in a beak blown off or a throat shot and that leads to an agonising death due to starvation for the bird.
	www.airguns.f9.co.uk /subs/quarry/woody-by-tw1.htm (810 words)

	Wood Pigeon and Starling Sauce, 180 g
		Wood Pigeon and Starling Sauce (known as Sugaccio) is produced by Mila's Meat and Game Sauces with natural and genuine ingredients (wood pigeon meat, starling meat, bovine meat, swine meat, extra-virgin olive oil, other ingredients and aromas typical of the Tuscan cuisine).
		For a right usage, heat the Wood Pigeon and Starling Sauce adding some broth or soaking its pot in hot water.
		For having an excellent first course, cook the pasta (pappardelle are the best) in abundant water, strain when it's still "al dente" (firm) and pour in the frying pan where the Wood Pigeon and Starling Sauce will have been versed; sauté how much enough and serve adding Tuscan extra-virgin olives oil how much you want.
	www.cosetoscane.com /html/det_articoli/RASE0015/15/2/6/null/null/20.html (231 words)

	Wood Pigeon identification, habitat, calls and food.
		The Wood Pigeon is larger than other European pigeons, and is heavily built.
		They have uniform grey-blue plumage, with a broad white wing-bar and (in adults only) a very pronounced white patch at the side of the neck.
		The squabs or young pigeons are fed on 'pigeon's milk', secreted from the crop.
	www.noahsarkgardens.co.uk /Wildlife/Birds/WoodPigeon.htm (229 words)

	Columba palumbus
		Wood Pigeons can be identified in all plumages by the obvious white marks at the bend of the wings which show up in flight as diagnostic white lines down the middle of the wing.
		Compared to other pigeons, the Wood Pigeon is bigger and more ponderous in flight with a deeper belly and a longer tail.
		Breeds in woodlands, scrub and hedges and increasingly, parks and gardens in towns.
	www.birdguides.com /html/vidlib/species/Columba_palumbus.htm (229 words)

	New Zealand Pigeon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The New Zealand Native Wood Pigeon (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) or Kereru is a large bird at 18 inches (51 cm), It is the largest bird in New Zealand.
		The bill is red with an orange tip, and the eyes and feet are also red.
		The chick (called a squab) feeds on "pigeon milk" for the first week and then later is given regurgitated berries.
	aviary.owls.com /wood_pigeon/wood_pigeon.html (164 words)

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