Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Wood pigeons (Columba palumbus).jpg

File:Wood pigeons (Columba palumbus).jpg, not featured

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• Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
•  Info Even very common birds can pose for you... created by Charlesjsharp -- Charles (talk) 20:27, 18 March 2017 (UTC)
•  Support -- Charles (talk) 20:27, 18 March 2017 (UTC)
•  Question - Is this a couple? Can you tell which one is which sex? I observe rock pigeons a lot, and I often have trouble telling the sexes apart unless the male is engaging in mating behavior or puffing himself up while chasing away another male. But sometimes, if I see a couple hanging out on a ledge, I can tell from the relative sizes, the shape of the ceres and the amount of iridescent feathers on the head, neck and upper torso. I'm guessing the pigeon on our left is the female, but I'm not sure and we don't have wood pigeons in my neck of the woods. :-) Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:06, 18 March 2017 (UTC)

• It would have been a guess to tell them apart, though the males have slightly larger heads, but from their behaviour on the branch they are for sure a couple. Charles (talk) 21:19, 18 March 2017 (UTC)

•  Comment - I've been trying to figure out why I'm not yet feeling impelled to vote to feature this picture. I think it's because there's so much bokeh above the pigeons in the picture frame. I think that if you cropped out a bit more than half of it, I'd like the photo better and vote for it. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:12, 19 March 2017 (UTC)

• Happy to do that if others agree. Charles (talk) 10:30, 19 March 2017 (UTC)

•  Oppose The bright bokeh behind the left pigeon is offputting, especially since the birds are light-colored. lNeverCry 06:28, 19 March 2017 (UTC)
•  Support --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 08:52, 19 March 2017 (UTC)
•  Weak oppose Competently done and a QI for sure, but just not enough wow for FP for me. Daniel Case (talk) 15:07, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
•  Support Classic weekend evening atmoshere in home. --Karelj (talk) 21:51, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

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Result: 3 support, 2 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /Yann (talk) 21:33, 29 March 2017 (UTC)