This is in the section for England. No comment.
Finland, Finland, Finland.... Finland has it all....
The Korean Garden. Next to Vietnam across from Wales.
Next came Canada. Just a hummock. With a flag.
These are all much clearer full size, click away.
Later:
Came out of the grocery store, that has a covered parking area, much used as pigeon nesting. One pigeon caught my attention as I walked out the door, because it had one end of a twig a third again as long as he was. He kept tight hold in his beak, and walked around in circles. Then turned the other way, the stick impeding him as he turned the other way. Then back around. I stood and watched him in his dilemma, as he walked this way and that, never letting go the end of the stick. Finally, startled by a passerby (finally, there were several) he dropped the stick, and grabbed it again closer to the middle. He flew up, and the twig dropped to the ground. Pigeons are not as smart as corvids.
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A Peace Garden including Finland and Canada - nice. How many countries are represented? Are the choices based on the immigrants in the area?
marja-leena,
It seems very random, all out of the cold war era. The flora is well tended, but the structures are ramshackle.
Corvids rock!
it had the right idea, but...
have you noticed that dogs do the same with sticks?
Makes me proud to be English!
I don't know that anyone has ever accused a pigeon of being at the top of the ornithological class.
Oh hey, it's Meryl Streep.
RR,
Sarcasm detected. (Yes, I know, 'mericans ain't supposed to have any.)
Pacian,
Oh, that makes me feel a bit better...
I have sometimes considered the question of pigeon intelligence. They do seem to be kind of dumb, but on the other hand, they are a remarkably successful species and can adapt to all sorts of environments. I see great flocks of them around the ferry docks, holding their own against the sea gulls as they scavenge sea detritus.
Is that it, then, for England - Mrs. T ? I hope a pigeon goes and - s its on her head.
I'm glad Signs told me who it was, I was a bit puzzled, thought it might be Virginia Woolf...
I guess pigeons must be successful for the same reasons some people are: they aren't held back by any awareness of how stupid they are. But I'm probably being unjustifiably judgemental.
Did you get yourself a nice pastel doily they?
Anne,
An excellent point. But it may mean the species is adaptable, not that an individual is intelligent.
RtheS,
Oh, I expect they do.
Lucy,
No doilies in this home. Never have been. Never will be.
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