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Common Wood Pigeon "Pombo Torcaz"

Columba palumbus

Description:

Spotted in a local public garden near the city center.bigger than the usual columba livia(feral)that i se in portugal citys http://www.google.pt/url?sa=t&rct=j&...

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10 Comments

AntónioGinjaGinja
AntónioGinjaGinja 12 years ago

Ok,it's done and i'am going to correct that in the future and past spottings,thanks Ashish and Emma

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

Yes I did notice that. Unusually bigger.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Hi Antonio.. is Pombo torcaz is a Portuguese name..? then add it with comma not necessory to put bracket.. I shared local names with comma.

AntónioGinjaGinja
AntónioGinjaGinja 12 years ago

Thanks, and big to compared to the ones i spot in Portugal,normaly the feral of the columba livia

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

this is a beautiful pigeon!

AntónioGinjaGinja
AntónioGinjaGinja 12 years ago

Thanks Satyen

Wild Things
Wild Things 12 years ago

Lovely!

AntónioGinjaGinja
AntónioGinjaGinja 12 years ago

@Thanks Harsuame
@thanks Gerardo,se mi nest spotting of a tree like this,it's a prunning tecnic that give the shape and creat the noodles alonf the branches

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 12 years ago

Very nice Antonio!
Also i find the tree very interesting

rutasandinas
rutasandinas 12 years ago

Fantástica paloma

Genève, Genève, Switzerland

Spotted on Mar 18, 2012
Submitted on Mar 24, 2012

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