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Contents 1 Rock Pigeon as food. 2 Good picture? 3 Rating 4 Rock pigeon 5 Spread of Disease

[edit] Rock Pigeon as food.

It should be mentioned that the Rock Pigeon is edible and very good dishes can be made with it. It is a common menu in some parts of Mexico. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 201.163.151.241 (talk) 00:59, 21 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Good picture?

Can anyone tell me if this picture of a rock pigeon is good? Kind of dull but...

Josh215 22:57, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Why did you post that? Wattylfc 15:35, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

It's my first picture.. I'm sure that when someone uploads their first pictures they ask something. Anyway, I'm asking because I want to see if my picture can be used for good measure. Josh215 23:38, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

I think it's nice. The picture itself isn't too dark, it's a good size, there's a good level of detail, and the bird displays its species' natural markings. 71.217.114.221 04:20, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rating

I've rated this article per a request on the Wikiproject birds. The article is somewhere between a start and B - it has a lot of information but is heavily skewed towards pigeon-human interactions; the article needs to be widened to include more about the biology of the species. Its getting there, and is quite an important species. Sabine's Sunbird talk 01:15, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for rating this article. It's amazing how such an article didn't get rated until now. Josh215 01:48, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rock pigeon

I redirected Rock pigeon here (and Pigeon to Columbidae); that article was subject to a long edit war, and it contained the vague definition of:

A Rock pigeon is any of several species of Australian pigeon. The rock pigeons are related to, and in many ways similar to, the bronzewing pigeons. A rock pigeon is not a Rock Pigeon Columba livia.

1. We don't normally disambiguate just by capitalization
2. We don't normally need dab pages for 2 items, especially not when one is far more prominent than the other
3. When one types "rock pigeon" in the search box, it's far more possible that he wants Rock Pigeon than Australian species (actually, those are two species)
4. I added the dab notice on top of this article, fixed a couple of incoming links, and created a stub of Petrophassa.

Duja► 12:00, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Spread of Disease

I'm concerned about the objectivity and reliability of the Spread of Disease section. The citations for the Spread of Disease section only references one site - http://www.urbanwildlifesociety.org. Many of the quotes seemingly attributed to reliable sources, such as the CDC or the NY Dept of Health, in fact point to a quotes page on that site. However, this quotes page is unsubstantiated. --PCStuff 11:56, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

The only disease I've ever heard about pigeons suffering from is coccidiosis. A decade or so ago, I read some articles about humans acquiring this disease by inadvertent close association with pigeons. The story was that several people had contracted the disease because their living spaces or office spaces were open to air currents that carried infective material from the nesting areas of the birds. I do not know the frequency of such disease transmission but judging by the required circumstnces it must have been low. The moral of the stories seemed to have been that if you had pigeons nesting on your window ledge it might be hazardous to your health unless the window was well sealed. Generally speaking, it is rare for humans to inhale dust arising from pigeon nests. I wonder what other sources of information on disease transmission there may be. If the rate of transmission is indeed low then it may well be that only people who want to sell their extermination services will write articles on the subject. P0M 04:17, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

My memory must be bad, or else some people use medical terms without due care. There are three diseases associated with pigeons that humans may get, and all transmissions are rare. Generally they are related to activities such as major clean-ups of pigeon roosts in buildings. See http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/epi/epi-pigeon.shtml

P0M 04:32, 25 March 2007 (UTC)