This six minute reminiscence therapy download clip will introduce you to the pigeons that nest in our garden tree. The clip will connect you to aspects of the life of the town pigeon. Here are some of the things you will see in the clip.
• Listen to Dons introduction
• See how it carries twigs and builds its nest
• How busy the birds are building their nest
• See the basic construction of the nest
• Look out for their predicators the magpie
• They were classed as vermin by the farmers
• Listen to the story of the dovecote
• See the design of dovecotes
• See them sitting on their eggs
• See the young pigeons as the grow very fast
• See how the young pigeons have to fend for themselves after a few weeks
An interesting insight into the life of the pigeon or cushie doo as we call them in Aberdeenshire.