The Sound of Pigeons
There’ the thing about pigeons: they make a lot of people uncomfortable. Unlike other birds, with are seemingly harmless, many people hate pigeons, fear them, or both. even if you belong to this group of people, you can still enjoy this factlet. The common European pigeons have two different types of calls, which for us probably sound the same, but pack different meanings.
They have the shorter call, a three-note call and a longer, five-syllable call. The purpose of the first call is to defend their territory, scare away potential threats or calls for mates (sounds like it could be confusing), while the second, longer call is used when they’re building their nests. There, now you know something about pigeons.