[Vision2020] A stupid question

[rvrcowboy]

Carl,

No such thing as a stupid question...  Yes, you have pigeons in Moscow and
it is very likely that is what you saw.  They become quite tame around
people and will often let them get very close.  If this bird appeared ill, I
would definately not touch it.  Gary is correct, birds can transmit all
sorts of diseases.  Being a Moscow pigeon, this one may have had AIDS.

Dick...
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carl Westberg" <carlwestberg846 at hotmail.com>
To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 2:34 PM
Subject: [Vision2020] A stupid question


> That I should know the answer to, but don't.  Do we have pigeons in
Moscow?
> I ask because on my walk to work this morning, I was passing the
Friendship
> Square fountain and saw a  bird standing in the middle of the traffic
> turnaround behind the fountain.  I walked literally right up to it, nose
to
> beak, and it didn't even budge.  It did not look like it was doing well at
> all, just standing there panting, if birds can pant.  Or do you need a
> tongue to pant?  Do birds have tongues?  There's so much I don't know.
I'm
> no ornithologist, but I think it was a pigeon.  A very sick pigeon.  But
> then I'm not a bird doctor, either.   Carl Westberg Jr.
>
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