Walter the pigeon comes to stay

Walter is an ex racing pigeon who was badly injured and found by a kind lady who saw him hiding under a bush in her garden.  She nursed him until he was back on his feet but his injuries are, sadly, permanemt .  We don’t know what happened to him but he lost one of his eyes and has a damaged wing – he can flutter but can’t fly.   We don’t think that Walter will ever be able to live on his own so he was brought in to us at the weekend.   He’s a lovely handsome bird and is settling in well.  Walter is quite tame and likes to have attention and have a chat.  Pigeons are among the most intelligent of birds and we’ll make sure he has a happy life here with us.   We don’t have any more pigeons in at present – they’ve all recovered and flown away.   When another pigeon comes in he’ll have a friend.  Until then he’s making do with us.

You can see his injuries, he’s blind on this side and his left wing droops.   We’ve known their wings to improve and enable them to fly again and this is what we’re hoping will happen in time.  Nothing can be done about his eye though so it’s doubtful if he could survive back in the wild.  It’s better for pigeons to be free but they do take well to captivity and become attached to their human friends.