Was just wandering if anyone else is fascinated by the variance in courtship dances between wood pigeons, feral pigeons and collard dove? I’d only ever seen the first two before, which already varied from each other quite a bit. The feral pigeon’s dance is quicker with the mix of head bobs and spins, while the wood pigeons dance is slower and more dramatic with the head bow and tail flick. Then I saw the collared dove courting dance which varied from both, where the male does a sort of full body bob with every step.
Those are the three I’ve encountered so far, was wandering if anyone’s seen any other dove or pigeon dances, would be curious to know the Stock dove’s variation?