Pigeon Grinding Grain In Its Gizzard After A Feed

Pigeons…
Grinding in the Gizzard - Pigeons, like many birds, swallow small pebbles or grit, which accumulate in the gizzard. The strong muscles of the gizzard contract, pressing the food against the grit, effectively crushing and grinding the grain into smaller, digestible particles.
Hi all, my name is John. I make RUclips videos as a way of sharing my incredible views which change daily and throughout the day.
‘Hoppy’ is a local pigeon who had adopted me and my wife after his partner was taken by a feral cat. We believe he injured his left leg at that time.
Hoppy and a regular male Black Bird will regularly peck on our patio doors to draw our attention to put food out.
Apart from feeding wild birds in the colder months an suppling cat proof nesting boxes we don’t interfere with the natural cause of these wild birds. We do however take great pleasure in videoing and photographing them.
I also created Nature On Your Doorstep as well as Time Lapse Sky UK to allow myself to get out to as many people who maybe interested.
It’s not widely known that I have Multiple Sclerosis, diagnosed 20 years ago December 2004.
I have always tried to be proactive and not let my condition define me. Up until June 2022 I had a German Shepard dog who really was my life saver. We got her at 6 months of age and although she had a fantastic nature, she had no training and was very strong.
We decided to get Bella, our German Shepherd professionally trained, so she stayed with her trainer Sue at ‘All Stars Dog Training’ in Gold Coast, Australia. While with Sue for 10 days she was taught basic training and off lead recall. All of her key training was recorded and given to us on CD so we could refer to them if needed in the future. We never did need to refer back as Sue had done an incredible job with Bella.
I used an app on my phone to record most of my walks. The app - Map my Walk, measured distance, time and via GPS in the phone, my route. Total distance I walked will using this app measured was…. 2000 miles (3200kms).
🌹Bella passed away June 2022 after a short illness. Me and my wife stayed with her as she went to sleep peacefull.
Link below to one of Bella’s training video’s. Interestingly to watch for teaching techniques which actually work.
• Bella at Animal All St...
I’ve been uploading daily time lapse videos EVERY DAY since December 2021. This is when my ability to walk diminished to such an extent I was unable to walk Bella every day. We were very lucky as a neighbour walked Bella every morning I couldn’t and her husband each evening (Big thanks to Anthea for helping me with Bella).
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