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Pigeons in our Environment  우리의 환경 속에서의 비둘기

* 대부분의 비둘기는 주변에서 태어나서 자랐다. 일부 vagrant가 있고, 항상 이동하지만, 대부분이 우리의 이웃인 셈이다.

* 비둘기의 통상 명칭은 Rock Dove다, 이름이 시사하는 바와 같이

그들이 본래 선호하는 장소는 돌출된 바위 지대였다. 마찬가지로 인간이 사용하는 많은 인공 구조물들도 그들에게 뛰어난 둥지공간(NESTING AREA)을 제공한다.

Most of the pigeons you see around a city, or any building, bridge or structure, are pigeons that were born and raised close by. A few may be "vagrants" and constantly on the move, but most of them are your neighbors. Pigeons might properly be called "rock doves," indeed, that's the natural place for them to be, in small rocky outcropping s. It's just that man's many artificial structures offer so many excellent nesting areas.

Pigeons are also used to people, who tend to feed them, contributing to their increased populations.  Pigeons can subsist on just about any kind of diet, and will crowd out songbirds that feed near them.  Pigeons are strictly diurnal, daytime animals, and they seek out a safe place to roost every night, and will only fly at night when disturbed.

* 비둘기는 엄격히 주행성 (diurnal)이고, 밤마다 홰를 틀(roosting) 안전한 장소를 찾고, 방해받은 경우에만 밤에 난다.

In a local population of pigeons, there will be a few dominant birds, usually the breeding males, followed by the local population of fertile females, juveniles and mated pairs.

* 특정 지역의 비둘기 개체군에는 몇 몇 지배종 들(dominant birds)이 있는데, TOrㅣ를 키우는 수컷들 (breeding males)이 그들이고, 주변에 번식력이 있는 암컷 (fertile females) 과 젊은 종(juveniles) 그리고 짝이 있는 쌍(mated pair)들의 순이다.  지배종을 알파라면, 그 나머지는 오메가다. 각각의 breeding male들이 많은 수의 omega들을 control한다. 이들 지배하는 breeding male은 그 지역을 오가며 때때로 그 지역에 머문다. Juvenile들은 한 두 해의 겨울을 난 후, 그들 자신의 영역에서 breeding male이나 female이 되며, 그들의 영역은 그 들이 태어난 곳에서 몇 야드 (0.92m ) 또는 몇 마일 (1.6 km) 정도 떨어진 곳이다.

The dominant birds are alphas, all the rest are omegas, and each breeding male can control many omegas, depending on the other resident populations.  The dominant males come and go, sometimes staying in the area.  The juveniles, if they survive a winter or two, become breeding males, or females, in their own territory, which can be yards or mile s away from where they were born.

* 어떤 종의 pigeon도 습관적 동물이다. owl이나 hawk의 모형 (replica)에 방해받지 않으며, 며칠이면, 이동 문이나 기계들에도 익숙해진다. 심지어 철도 부속 건물에 인내심 있게 기다리다 문이 열리면 드나든다.

Pigeons of any kind are creatures of habit.  They are not disturbed by replicas of owls or hawks, (for very long) and will even become used to moving doors or machinery after a few days.  A railroad line usually has a large building for the inside repair or inspection of railroad cars, and the pigeons will wait, very patiently, for the doors to open, when a car is brought in or removed.  They swoop in or out quickly as the doors open.  They have this routine down to a "T" and know they can get in by just waiting long enough.

FLYING RATS

날아다니는 쥐

In today's world, the common structure-dwelling pigeons have become the avian equivalents of city rodents. "Flying rats," as they have been described. Unfortunately, forced into this role by man, as much as by their own natural instincts and habits. First and foremost to the problem of overpopulation, are the numbers of nooks and crannies that modern man builds into the exterior of all of his structures, forming the basic home unit of a pigeon. This means that almost every bridge or large structure harbors a certain number of these (or other) birds.  Not good.

DON'T FEED THE BIRDS

이 들에게 먹이를 함부로 주지 말아야 !

Pigeons have also become habituated to humans, by being extensively fed by humans, in almost every culture, which only aggravates the problem. Pigeons, domesticated for thousands of years, are easily tamed and handled by humans.  It is important to note that NO wild animals, including wild pigeons, should be fed, at any time, for any reason, by anyone.  This is MOTHER NATURE speaking....

* Pigeon의 문제는 인간이 자초한 측면이 있기 때문에 야생비둘기를 포함하여 어떠한 야생동물도 어제고, 어떤 이유든, 어느 누구도 feeding 하지 말아야하고, 이 것이 Mother nature가 말하는 자연의 생리이다.

UNUSUAL PIGEON FACTS

비둘기에 대한 특이 사실들

* 비둘기의 두뇌에 존재하는 것으로 알려진 마그네틱 구조를 이용한 귀소 본능은 모든 가능한 수단과 환경에서도, 심지어 교란용 마그네틱을 비둘기의 머리 부위에 부착으로도 전혀 섬뜩할 정도로 막을 수 없었다.

Remember to respect the pigeon.  This chubby little bird has the uncanny ability to find it's way home, no matter what, and no matter from where.  To date, science can only theorize as to exactly how the pigeons do this.  Trying to discover or prevent pigeons from returning home, researchers have tried to confuse them in every way possible. By transporting to a remote location: In the dark, in randomly rotating cages, with strong or weak magnetic fields, with flashing lights, and even anesthetized, or any combinations of these, (and others too) none seemed to affect their navigation skills, even in unfamiliar territories.  Pigeons are suspected of using magnetic structures already known to be in their brains, but there was still no change in their ability, even when tiny, removable magnets were attached to their heads, supposedly to confuse these structures.

RACING PIGEONS

Most people couldn't tell the difference between a racing pigeon and a regular pigeon. Hobbyists race homing pigeons all over the world and U.S. hobbyists all across North America.  They do lose birds occasionally, and those years when there is a poor return rate of the birds are said to correlate with strong magnetic storms. Alternatively, the birds may have found a more appealing park or gutter en route. Some pigeons you see on the street, therefore, would be the pigeons th비둘기에 대한 특이적 사실at didn't make it back home.

* 대부분의 사람들은 racing pigeon과 regular pigeon과의 차이를 구분할 수 없다. 이따금 racing pigeon 이 귀소하지 않아 잃는 경우가 있는 데, 강력한 자기폭풍에 의한 것으로 얘기하지만, 사실은 도중에 비둘기가 더 매력적인 장소를 찾았을 개연성도 있다.

This courageous little bird easily rides out hurricane winds.  If caught in the open, they hold onto a perch, face into the wind, and close their eyes.  Pigeons hiding in their favorite roost are often evict ed by hurricanes and other weather events, but if they survive, and they usually do, they will find their way back!

* 이 용기있는 비둘기는 허리케인의 바람도 쉽게 타고나올 수 있다. open 공간에서 바람을 만났을 때, 홰를 붙잡고, 바람속으로 정면을 마주하며, 눈을 감는다. 자신들이 선호하는 roosting공간에 몸을 숨기 비둘기가 허리케인에 의해 퇴출(evicted)된 후도 살아남았을 경우, 그 들은 늘상처럼, 돌아올 길을 찾아낼 것이다.

A pigeon can go, if necessary, a long time without food or even water.  Most birds need a constant water source and will visit every day.  Pigeons are also unusually skilled in finding water and food sources, and rarely have trouble.  Individual pigeons can have a home range of 150 miles, although most will stay close to home, which is generally considerably less than 25 miles or so.  If their food and water sources change drastically, however, they will easily migrate, en masse, to another spot, near or far, with better provisions.  A few will always remain to keep a viable population.

* 다른 새종과 달리, 비둘기는 꼭 필요할 경우 물과 먹이 없이도 오랜 시간을 갈 수 있다. 비둘기는 물과 먹이원을 찾는 데 능숙하고 거의 문제가 없다. 그들의 홈 영역은 대개 25마일 (약 38km)이내이나 무려 150 마일 (약 235km)의 home range를 갖을 수 있다. 먹이원이나 물이 엄청나게 나빠질 경우 쉽게 이주할 수 있으며, 일부는 생존을 휘해 남을 수 도 있다.

A SPECIAL NOTE OF CAUTION

비둘기에 대한 특별한 주위사항

이들 야생비둘기(도심비둘기: feral pigeons)들은 매우 전염적이며 진단하기 어려운 무수하고 다양한 질병들을 종종 매개한다. 따라서 이들 feral pigeon을 비둘기 애호가(pigeon fanciers)들이 race하고 show하는 종들과 완전히 다른 것으로 여기는 것이 좋다. 구조한 비둘기나 어떠한 종류의 새들도 하부로 다루거나, 집으로 가져오거나, 동물우리로 가져오는 것은 금물이다.

These feral pigeons often carry a wide variety of very infectious and hard to diagnose diseases.  For this reason, you can consider these pigeons as completely different from the pigeons that pigeon fanciers race and show.  Rescued pigeons, or birds of any kind, should not be handled, taken home or to animal shelters.  Actual domestic pigeons that have escaped from individual owners, are usually tagged and can be identified by the National Pigeon Association.  Their web page contains information and a link to report lost pigeons.  The pigeon's owner will certainly appreciate any information you can supply.