Fascist Pidg!
On 5/27/2014 3:10 AM, Bob W-PDML wrote:
On 27 May 2014, at 01:27, "Brian Walters" <[email protected]> wrote:
Quoting Bob W <[email protected]>:
This is one:
http://www.web-options.com/PigeonStand.jpg
It keeps them safe from attack from both sides of the river bank, and the
grey colour provides camouflage against most breeds of eagle. All they fear
now are freshwater crocodiles with a spring in their step.
Seems a bit over-designed.
Not really - there's almost no unnecessary decoration. Compared to the late
Victorian Gothic ones and especially the Baroque ones it's a masterpiece of
pared-down modernism.
Baroque pigeon stands are much favoured by the English Fantail, especially in a
setting of formal parterres and bosquets. They are considered 'suspiciously
Roman' by Prince Albert's Bearded Pigeon, which prefers the Gothic.
B
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