Comments on: the trouble with pigeons

By: wendy

wendy — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:41:59 +0000

kerrie, we do have that book and i lobby for it a lot! it’s so cute.

dumblond, i have NO idea how to feed the song birds and skip the pigeons! let me know if you come up with something!

secret agent, around here we get these band-tailed piggies, i mean, pigeons (i had to look them up because i thought they are doves, too).

By: secret agent woman

secret agent woman — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:48:49 +0000

Isn't that a mourning dove? The kind of pigeons who tend to stroll around the city (here, anyway) have a bit more color and often a striped wing. I actually like them. But I lOVE mourning doves and their low sad call. Mine lurk around the base of the feeders, snarfing up what the other birds spil. They are piggies, but I'm glad ot have them around. .-= secret agent woman´s last blog ..Time to call it a day. =-.

By: Dumblond

Dumblond — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:15:20 +0000

How would you deter pigeons from eating out of your feeder? Do they make “pigeon-baffles”?

By: Kathleen@ForgingAhead

Kathleen@ForgingAhead — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:51:51 +0000

ooh, no book suggestions but thanks for the giggle! .-= Kathleen@ForgingAhead´s last blog ..Feeling Stonger =-.

By: Kerrie

Kerrie — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:32:37 +0000

Oh man, I freakin’ love that book. But, yeah, I can see how it’s not an ideal bedtime story. Have you ever read, “Click Clack Moo: Cows that Type”? It’s cute and fun and, most importantly, not interactive. My son’s only a year, though, so we’re big into board books right now.

By: wendy

wendy — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:21:13 +0000

brooke, knuffle bunny i can live with. it doesn’t evoke the loud call and response of the pigeon books. and we have the equivalent of i spy, 1001 things, and i totally agree. i need STORY, child!

shelly, you have to get into the accents for skippy. it’s a little anti-ethnic, isn’t it? mocking stereotypes? has any group complained?

By: Shelly

Shelly — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:00:43 +0000

I agree with Brooke on both counts – Mo Willems rocks and I Spy is no fun at bedtime. It’s great for the airplane though and in waiting rooms!

DH hates Skippyjon Jones, but I can’t say I share his feelings.

By: Brooke

Brooke — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:37:47 +0000

Are you kidding me!? I LOVE any book by Mo Willems. Have you read Knuffle Bunny? Too cute. The books the I HATE at bedtime are the I SPY books. I try to tell my kids that they have to pick a book with a story, but every time they pick those stupid I SPY books. And I'm stuck for hours playing "I spy with my little eye . . ." Argh! Brookes last blog post..Preston Ray Greenwood, a.k.a. Toast