Puffed out posturing males
Strut back and forth, back and forth,
Red eyed, with plumage shining in the sun,
But all to no avail;
They are ignored by females
Who continue without a sound
Picking food up from the ground.
–oOo–
©DGA 08 September 2011 13:01
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08/09/2011 at 1:11 pm
It is noteworthy that in the bird kingdom, it is the male that is all beautified with color to attract the female for mating.
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08/09/2011 at 1:21 pm
Ahaa, yes, Carl, but the females weren’t having any of it. Males are the most glamorous of most species as they are bigger, often the female has just given birth and is out of condition (I’m thinking of dogs here, or even cats for that matter, male lions put the females in the shade too.). It is only the female human who has to resort to artificial means of adding to her looks, haha.
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08/09/2011 at 1:23 pm
The pigeon behaviour is a lot like the humans … posturing chaps, LOL!
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08/09/2011 at 1:37 pm
Yes Cindy, the makeup and hair thing upset the applecart somewhat… 😀
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08/09/2011 at 1:58 pm
so true..poor old birds
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08/09/2011 at 4:02 pm
Yes, I feel quite sorry for them sometimes, Patrecia. 🙂
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08/09/2011 at 5:58 pm
given the choice of man or food…hmm…lol…some things never change eh? smiles.
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08/09/2011 at 6:13 pm
Bwahaha, Brian, teeheehee! 😀
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08/09/2011 at 6:07 pm
Great ‘characterization’, Adee – you are talking about pigeons, right? 😉
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08/09/2011 at 6:12 pm
I like the way you think, Ruth… 😆
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08/09/2011 at 6:14 pm
And Oh ! …… how they do strut, Denise
They must be getting near the mating season down there.
Hope the walking is progressing, by the way.
John
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08/09/2011 at 6:30 pm
Spring has really sprung here recently, John. No time the last few days for exercise I’m afraid. Will have to make it up tomorrow and over the weekend… 🙂
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08/09/2011 at 10:00 pm
Pigeons are such a hoot. I love your description of the ladies totally oblivious to their strutting males 😀
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09/09/2011 at 3:16 am
Aren’t they Kate. Besides seeing them at the seaside and city centres, I have had very few around any home of mine. I have mainly had doves (similar, but different). So it is interesting to watch these pigeons here. So far (to my inexperienced eye) they seem to be the same ones who turn up each day. We have a bird bath in front of our building which they seem to love!
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08/09/2011 at 11:47 pm
The way to a pigeon’s heart is through HER stomach. 😀
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09/09/2011 at 3:17 am
It does seem to be, Nancy! 😉
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08/09/2011 at 11:53 pm
Why, that’s because breeding season was months ago!
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09/09/2011 at 3:19 am
Sorry, I’m in the Southern Hemisphere, so we are just into our Spring. 🙂
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09/09/2011 at 1:19 am
Pigeony priorities – good one, Adee 🙂 It’s funny that the males get all the beauty in the bird kingdom and yet still have to work so hard for attention.
Where we holiday every January in Victoria there is a pigeon known as the Wonga – it eats almost continuously and is the fattest pigeon I’ve ever seen, barely able to get off the ground to fly
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09/09/2011 at 3:21 am
Hahaha, Bb, so they can also have weight issues – who would have thought it! 😆
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09/09/2011 at 5:25 am
The strutting pigeons, and the randy doves, then we know we have summer in Jo’burg
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09/09/2011 at 7:28 am
Yes, Sidey, I think we are in for an early summer.
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09/09/2011 at 11:41 am
Hehehe Adee…shows that women have their priorities all in order!
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09/09/2011 at 2:28 pm
I didn’t doubt it for a minute, Gran. 😉
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09/09/2011 at 8:34 pm
Wonderful, Dee! The have all been wonderful, but this one tickles my fancy! I’m reading every day! love you and hope your leg is better an better every day! Are you back home yet?
BTW, love your new site theme!
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10/09/2011 at 2:08 am
Thank you so much Paula. I’m so glad you liked it. I am improving slowly and hope you are also going from strength to strength during your break. I moved this week from a room into a flatlet, or bedsitter, which I like very much. I am staying on here indefinitely and won’t be going back. No choice really and I have accepted it. Much love to you, my friend. ♥
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09/09/2011 at 10:31 pm
Hmmph – typical females, putting grub ahead of masculine magnificence ,,, 🙂
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10/09/2011 at 2:10 am
One has to eat to live, Col. The other is just a bonus! 😀
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12/09/2011 at 2:14 pm
i like this poem, as there are layers of meaning for that single male pigeon. how sad that the female pigeon is busy pecking crumbs on the ground.
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12/09/2011 at 3:39 pm
Thank you Hames. Sometimes the female of the species has to be practical, lol! Anyway, that’s how this bunch that hangs around outside my door behaves.
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14/09/2011 at 9:53 am
They do look funny when they strut. Very well described. There are lots of them round here at the moment. I enjoy watching them!
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14/09/2011 at 11:45 am
Yes, Selma, and the sound they make is more like gargling than cooing!
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