Point To Point

I stuggled at first to see what was going on in this interesting and slightly disturbing picture. Was it a mating ritual, or a sign of friendship in the bird world? I pondered over this for hours, but it was suddenly obvious to me once I remembered the happenings of last summer, when a pelican at St James’ Park in London swallowed a live pigeon whole. According to witnesses, it walked up, and grabbed the pigeon in its beak, before swallowing it head first. The meal (pigeon) struggled the whole way down.

Considering bird’s diets are made up solely of fish, what has possessed these birds to lash out and literally swallow their worries? You have to feel for the unsuspecting pigeon/bird which became lunch on these days, just because this bird wasn’t feeling happy with its low placing in the food chain. Oh well, hopefully this means we can say goodbye to the infestation of “rats with wings” (pigeons, for those of you who are unfamiliar with the term) that England currently faces.