Long time listeners may remember our episode on pigeons, where I tried to convince two friends that pigeons are amazing. But that episode only looked at the Rock Dove, and the world of pigeons is so much bigger than that. So in this episode we will take a proper tour of the family and learn some reasons to love pigeons.

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Notes:

• Pigeons Volume 1: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1733312/9684204-pigeons-are-disgusting-change-my-mind
• Rock Dove: https://ebird.org/species/rocpig/
• Diamond Dove: https://ebird.org/species/diadov1
• Victoria Crowned Pigeon: https://ebird.org/species/vicpig1
• Pigeon Milk: https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/news/2011/09/mysteries-of-pigeon-milk-explained/
• Pigeons and magnets: https://www.audubon.org/magazine/september-october-2012/how-do-pigeons-find-their-way-home
• Golden Dove: https://ebird.org/species/goldov1
• Orange Dove: https://ebird.org/species/oradov1/
• Crested Pigeon: https://ebird.org/species/crepig1/
• Nicobar Pigeon: https://ebird.org/species/nicpig1/
• Luzon Bleeding-heart: https://ebird.org/species/lubhea1/
• Tooth-billed Pigeon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tooth-billed_pigeon
• A Tale of Two Islands: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1733312/9071817-a-tale-of-two-islands
• Passenger Pigeon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_pigeon
• Blue-eyed Ground Dove: https://ebird.org/species/begdov2?siteLanguage=en_AU