After about two weeks, my time in Europe this year is coming to a close. So many new experiences and animals encountered and a large backlog of photos to go through. While the common pigeon (or Rock Dove) is also found throughout North America, their diversity in Europe is something they don’t seem to have back home. With colors ranging from black, to their typical blue-gray, to brown, to pale white, and even mixes of the various colors, they seem like an entirely different species out here.
Photo details
- Species
- Rock Pigeon
- Scientific name
- Columba livia
- Location
- Bruges
- Photographed
- May 2026
- Camera
- NIKON D850
- Lens
- 500.0 mm f/5.6
- Focal length
- 500 mm
- Aperture
- f/6.3
- Shutter speed
- 1/1000 s
- ISO
- 7200
- Posted
- May 2026
