The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
It can be easily differentiated from the rock pigeon and the stock dove due to its characteristic white patch on the neck.
Woodpigeons feed their young (known as squabs) on crop-milk, a substance rich in fats and not that disimilar to mammalian milk. Special cells in the crop (a pouch situated in the throat) produce the milk and provide food for the newly-hatched young. Very few birds produce crop-milk, which makes Woodpigeons all the more amazing.
Common Woodpigeon
Sony A77ii
Tamron 150-600
f/5.6, 1/800s, ISO640, 300mm
Sant Just, Barcelona, Spain
May 2018