It does the cooing thing...does that mean it is male? I'm only use to my budgies..this new big clumsy thing keeps looking at me like he wants to peck my eyes out or something.. |
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all doves coo. males have a particular type of rapid coo during mating season. |
eat him. we could start a "spiracle eats the dove" pool. i'll put a $1 in. |
i bought a "serious" book on raising birds it actually discussed birds masturbating on their toys and owner's hands.. my birds go BACK in the cage ASAP when they start to get *that* look in their eyes... |
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the only thing i can say, spiracle, is that there is something called the "bow coo", where a male bows his head down (perhaps bringing his butt up?) and lets out a coo. it's a mating ritual. the dove wants your body. this makes me think of something: when i'm in the hill country around austin in the springtime, i hear what i think may be mating calls of doves. it's when i'm in my family's old farmhouse out in the country, and it always happens at dusk - a long, sustained, oscillating, incredible ethereal coo. any of you other texas dwellers know what i'm talking about? might be quail, for all i know. |
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