Goodness, the pigeons that are around the station in the morning always seem to be in such rough shape. Bits of wings missing, and most commonly bits of feet/claws missing or mangled.
Spotted this fellow on platform 4 this morning and felt quite bad for him. His left foot was missing a claw and the two that were left were looking worse for wear. His right foot was basically gone and he was hopping around on a stump.
Is this pretty common for pigeons? I never really take much notice or am close enough to them to notice except for when we share train platforms.
Stumpy pigeons:
By way of a reply – http://lickerish.wordpress.com/2007/12/21/ewspigeon-newspigeon-newspigeon