I'm a simple emigrant and I trained pigeons

Animals are such cuties, I can’t. I had to leave again, I tried to come back as fast as I could. Four days later I arrived: the balcony, which used to be a clean lounge area with one filthy corner, turned into a filthy no-go zone where it’s better to wear a gas mask to go out. I, of course, expected that pigeons wouldn’t water the flowers and wipe the dust, but that they would ALL claim this place so completely in just a couple of days – that could surprise even me. Moreover, they have something instinctive about them: we have a small fountain that looks like stones stacked on top of each other. So this became their favorite spot. Why? What for? Not clear, but somehow it seems logical. Somehow they dragged cigarette butts from the ashtray across the balcony, they’re stressed, apparently, by living next to me. And also I don’t know how, but they managed to move two lightweight lamps to other places. Gaslighting me, no doubt! In short, I yelled at the pigeons, oh wait, I mean I got down to their eye level and argued with them, sprayed water a few more times to reinforce my arguments. Now they really act like small children, trying to come out from under the table and stroll around the rest of the balcony, I only approach the window, they already understand that they should go to their corner and sit there. And, most importantly, a guy comes out onto the balcony – they don’t care; as soon as I approach – they understand, they run on their short legs to their little nest – there you can sit. I’m so amused by them that I can’t even be angry. I basically have jungle at home now, I don’t know why, but in these four days all the plants grew SO much, as if we were in the tropics. Where are they growing? What do they want? I deliberately don’t transplant them into bigger pots, but they won’t stop. Mom says that this is because our home atmosphere is favorable. A nice reward: overgrowth and four kilograms of bird droppings. I expect this to be at most the penultimate post in our series, because they have learned to flap their wings and lift off about half a meter. By the way, here’s why we don’t see baby pigeons: they fly out of the nest already fully formed pigeons. Read here the first, second and third episodes of the Days of Pigeon Life series 🕺 #curiosities