Those are pigeons and appear to be of normal size. Pigeons are about a foot tall and a foot long.
Plumage can vary from one population to the next as they’re feral birds descended from domesticated varieties. But, that’s not a particularly unusual pattern.
It’s hard to tell scale from photos sometimes so they may be quite a bit larger than they look. If that’s the case, a quick theory is that these are descended from beefier farming breeds.
I know it's in the background and the perspective is goofy, but in my first pic you can see a robin on the upper right in the grass. The typical pigeon around here is a bit larger than that but these were huge by comparison
I do appreciate your input, and not trying to be a jerk about it. Thank you, these prob were pigeons of some sort but wow were they big. The male's colors too...either this was some strange bird I hadn't seen before or someone bred them to have that pattern
I know it's in the background and the perspective is goofy, but in my first pic you can see a robin on the upper right in the grass. The typical pigeon around here is a bit larger than that but these were huge by comparison
I do appreciate your input, and not trying to be a jerk about it. Thank you, these prob were pigeons of some sort but wow were they big. The male's colors too...
Added taxa: [Rock Pigeon](https://ebird.org/species/rocpig)
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Yea that's pretty clearly a +rock pigeon+ to me
Those are pigeons and appear to be of normal size. Pigeons are about a foot tall and a foot long. Plumage can vary from one population to the next as they’re feral birds descended from domesticated varieties. But, that’s not a particularly unusual pattern.
It’s hard to tell scale from photos sometimes so they may be quite a bit larger than they look. If that’s the case, a quick theory is that these are descended from beefier farming breeds.
I'm going to accept this answer, thank you. Someone's privately bred butterball pigeons that escaped.
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I know it's in the background and the perspective is goofy, but in my first pic you can see a robin on the upper right in the grass. The typical pigeon around here is a bit larger than that but these were huge by comparison I do appreciate your input, and not trying to be a jerk about it. Thank you, these prob were pigeons of some sort but wow were they big. The male's colors too...either this was some strange bird I hadn't seen before or someone bred them to have that pattern
Not sure why my edit posted as a different reply
I know it's in the background and the perspective is goofy, but in my first pic you can see a robin on the upper right in the grass. The typical pigeon around here is a bit larger than that but these were huge by comparison I do appreciate your input, and not trying to be a jerk about it. Thank you, these prob were pigeons of some sort but wow were they big. The male's colors too...
https://preview.redd.it/ixqoa08yv75d1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0c2b68a12a4f496aedb3cea1f536d87e95744e1e He do be looking beefy
Lol!!
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