The mother of all human, feathered and furry things
I sometimes take mothering to the extreme. In that I find myself mothering everyone and everything. I have found myself saying, “Make good choices!” to a 50-year-old co-worker leaving for the weekend....
View ArticlePIGEONS DISRUPTED THE LIVE BRITISH TALK SHOW
Birds staged in the Studio real chaos.A leading British talk show Good Morning Britain piers Morgan (Piers Morgan) decided to sneer at a, seated on the shoulders of two pigeons. Soon the birds were out...
View ArticleIN BRITAIN PIGEONS HAVE BEATEN THE LEADING LIVE AND CAUSED QUITE A STIR IN...
A leading British talk show Good Morning Britain piers Morgan live decided to plant himself on the shoulders of two pigeons. However, soon they made a real stir in the Studio. The video with the funny...
View ArticlePigeon problems at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital first reported more...
On Saturday, two patients died after contracting a fungal infection linked to pigeon droppings. While one death was reportedly not a result of contracting Cryptococcus, health chiefs are now looking...
View Article‘Pidge’ the pet pigeon finds home on Alberta ranch
When a scruffy pigeon first flew onto the Germscheid family ranch near Entwistle, Greg didn’t know what to think. “He looked so terrible when he came here,” the rancher recalled of Sept. 19, when he...
View ArticleWhen pigeons pitched in for the cause
A chronic problem for spies operating in enemy territory is transmitting their findings to their home base. The problem was especially acute in World War II Europe, where German signal-detection...
View ArticleDriver fined £158 when pigeon poo covered his parking permit
Scott Coltart, 30, and his wife Lisa received a £158 fine despite Scott running out into the street in his boxers to show him the valid permit. He said: ‘If you just moved your head slightly, you could...
View ArticleBird bond: The story of an Alberta rancher and his favourite pigeon
In just a few weeks, an Alberta man and a pigeon that showed up at his ranch have become inseparable. Greg and Maureen Germscheid say the pigeon, which Greg calls Pidge, first flew onto their property...
View ArticleDeath of child at Glasgow hospital linked to pigeon droppings infection
Pigeon droppings were a contributing factor to an infection which led to a child’s death at Scotland’s flagship hospital. The child died at Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital and a...
View ArticlePigeon poo on windshield gets driver $200 fine
A driver has been hit with a £158 ($200) parking fine after his valid permit was covered by pigeon poo. Southend, U.K., man, Scott Coltart, was slapped with the fine outside his house as parking...
View ArticleBallooning pigeon population: citizens go for a quick fix
Strategic retreat is sometimes the best offense. Citizens of Hyderabad are doing just that as ballooning pigeon population has taken over the city. “We are shelling out ₹2,000 per apartment to get the...
View ArticleFlorida Man Hunting Pigeons With A Net
There are some weird things that happen in Florida – after all, that is the foundation of the entire Florida Man subReddit, so is it really that shocking that a video has surfaced of a man catching...
View ArticleTransLink trying to ward off pigeon problem ahead of new SkyTrain platform...
TransLink is trying to deal with a bird poop problem around the Commercial-Broadway SkyTrain station. Pigeons have been nesting at a new platform that’s set to open early next month. The noise of the...
View ArticleHORROR ILLNESS Pigeon poo outbreak – Glasgow superhospital worker claims she...
Jennifer McLoughlin, 43, is suing health chiefs over the problems she suffered while working at Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. Jennifer told how she feared she was dying after being...
View ArticlePigeon droppings can STILL be seen at scandal-hit hospital where deaths of...
Pigeon droppings could today still be seen on the ground outside a scandal-hit hospital where two patients died after contracting a fungal infection. A child, said to be a cancer patient, and a...
View ArticleHospitals across Central Belt checked for pigeon threat
NHS Lanarkshire confirmed that additional checks will be carried out at Hairmyres, Monklands and Wishaw General with “remedial actions” taken if necessary. NHS Ayrshire and Arran said all hospital...
View ArticleTRANSLINK PLANS ON USING A FALCON TO SCARE OFF POOPING PIGEONS
What do you do when birds poop all over your property? If you’re TransLink, you send in a falcon. In an effort to deal with pigeons nesting at the Commercial-Broadway skytrain station, TransLink is...
View ArticleInfelction control at hospital being probed over pigeon droppings is good...
Scotland’s health secretary has said she believes infection control is good enough at a hospital where two patients died after contracting an infection linked to pigeon droppings. Jeane Freeman has...
View ArticleA City in Spain Plans to Exile 5,000 Pigeons. Will They Stay Away?
MADRID — The Spanish city of Cádiz will undertake what some may see as a Sisyphean task: relocating 5,000 pigeons hundreds of miles away after a complaint that the birds are driving away tourists from...
View ArticleMan Shells Out $1.4 Million for a Pigeon
Don’t bet against the high-flying lifestyle of rare bird and sports. A buyer has bid more than $1.4 million for a champion Belgian racing pigeon in a sale, according to the auction house Pipa, which...
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