Did I mention we have pigeon eggs on the window sill? Yeah? Well, they are still there.

April in Paris

Unfortunately, it’s not been the best of Aprils this Paris. There have been some real beauts, but most days were still pretty bleak looking, methinks.

This has put a damper on my April in Paris video that I’ve been working on, or rather, not been working on. Is it too cliche to make an April in Paris video? I think so too.

In other news

I have upgraded the ole browser to the new beta 3. Why not? And now, two issues that have been buggin’ seem to be gone: no more sluggish playback on streaming videos, and Scribefire is working properly again. Yay. Although I don’t think it is necessarily the new version that fixed those problems; I think perhaps it was just thanks to a clean installation.

Other bugs have crept into my life, though: I Premiere Pro has stopped using Flash movs, so I can’t make those nice effects like in the Stuffies video. And also: what the hell is wrong with my gallery?

Boy, this watching pigeons sure is exciting!

We have been able to confirm that both mates are present at the nest, and they are now much better at being there the whole time.

I wonder if the eggs will still be able to hatch, after being absent so much in the first day or so.

The pigeon most commonly known as “feral pigeons” is the Rock Pigeon. It is the pigeon that is found in most cities.

Our pigeons are doing just fine today.

Exciting link today:
The Internet Bird Collection

The situation seems to have settled down.  A bird, or birds, sat on the egg for the majority of the day, and didn’t seem to bothered by people working on the other side of the glass.

What happenened to my theme, you ask?  I upgraded, that’s what.  Hang tight, we’ll have it back someday.

Pigeon eggs require about 18 days to hatch.  The parents should take turns throughout the course of the day and ensuing night  to keep it warm.

However, our parents have been suspiciously absent for hours at a time.  In fact, we are not sure that there are two.

This time alone makes us wonder if the eggs will be able to hatch at all.

Another concern of ours is the lack of a proper nest.  Although the wild grass growing in the flowerbox does offer some protection, the walls of the box will not be high enough to retain any chicks who take to crawling around blindly.

Wait, now there’s two?

This morning we opened the bedroom window and raised the shutter only to find a small, whitish egg lying in one of the flower boxes.  Was it always there, asked Julie.  No, I said, but whose is it?

We didn’t have to look in the book of birds to find out.  Not too long after, we saw a pidgeon sitting on the egg.  Pidgeons require 18 days to hatch an egg.  Usually there are to eggs, only one egg is a bad sign.  I suppose being too lazy to make a nest is a bad sign too.

What will become of this egg?  I didn’t say it out loud but just between you and me, I think it will never hatch.