It's probably okay, it can walk and fly.

I tried giving it some bread but it wasn't paying any attention to it. I shoved it closer, which scared the poor guy and it flew on a first floor windowsill across the street. That's probably for the best, it could easily fall victim to a dog otherwise. I threw the bread up there but it seemed tired from the flight and sat in the shade. Most of the bread was gone the next day, and so was the pigeon.

I was really surprised by how long the young ones' beaks are, I first thought it could be a corvid.

Sitting gray pigeon
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[–] 1 point 4 months ago (3 children)

Oh, maybe eyesight issues, if so hopefully it learns to work around them.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 4 months ago* (2 children)

    Probably not that, both eyes appear the same and it looked around like normal. It eyed the windowsill from afar and flew straight to it but it had a hard time gaining height and needed to rest afterward, I think it slept for a few hours before reaching for the bread. I guess it's inexperienced and/or recovering from shock after having flown into a window.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    Well, I can't tell when humans need glasses but still manage by looking at their eyes (them bumping into glass walls is more telling).

    Best of luck to the chonky birbkid!

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