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writingpis.bsky.social
Some of you may recall our quest to save a pigeon last week. Just learned yesterday was #PigeonAppreciationDay. I asked the artist who made these if I can print them out for hub (who says the pigeon experience changed his life for the better, calls it his "Pigeon Religion"). #Birds #Art #PigeonSky
June 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
painter247.bsky.social
one from me. #pigeonappreciationday
June 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
angeliraferart.bsky.social
Good morning! Did you know that yesterday was #PigeonAppreciationDay?

They're some of my favorite little guys

#kidlitart #doodles #birb #pigeon 🎨
Digital art of a cartoon pigeon with a fierce expression shouting: HEY I'M WALKIN HERE! Digital art of a cartoon pigeon with a cheerful expression saying: Bada bing bada boom.
June 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM
feather-dancer.bsky.social
And a Plum Bird for #PigeonAppreciationDay since is based on a flavour of dove so ~technically~
feather-dancer.bsky.social Feather Dancer @feather-dancer.bsky.social · Feb 24
Another oldie is the Plum Bird though did add them to something a couple years ago.
Digital artwork. It shows Plum Bird, based on a bleeding heart dove, shown from the front with the right wing extended and the back with the left wing extended. They are a very blue-purple bird with a pale purple on their primary feathers, short clipped tail and around the eye. Under the stalk like beak they have a red patch with a darker red immediately under the beak like a shadow made a marking. Their chest feathers are very yellow and have a plum stone on the upper part. Their little feet are white. Digital artwork for Art Fight 2002 featuring Featheredcreature's Marcus. They look like a cross between a chihuahua and sphynx cat in build with a longer neck. They are a pale purple with large slightly pointed ears with a yellow inner, this same yellow being two back stripes, three on the hind leg on the knee side, down their tail and paw pads. The sclera is orange which is shared from the elbow to the wrist and ankle to the paw. The nose, inside of the mouth, front paws and fluffy tips of the nekomata like split tail are all green. The claws are white. They are leaning towards the left with front paws trying to get organised about the landing. Above on the left and two the right are two Plum Birds in flight. In both cases they are a dark purple with pale purple around the eye, on the primary feathers and n their fanned tails. A smudge of red can be seen on the chin and the right one is a bit of the yellow underbelly. The left one has wings wide whereas the right one is mid downward flap.
June 14, 2025 at 9:59 AM
feather-dancer.bsky.social
Apparently yesterday was #PigeonAppreciationDay so here's a Pear Bird.
feather-dancer.bsky.social Feather Dancer @feather-dancer.bsky.social · Jan 27
It's time for another fruit. This is a Pear Bird who is part of the original line up and is the most popular on Art Fight.
Digital artwork. It shows the back view of a Pear Bird, which has the body shape of a pigeon, looking to the left. They are green with light yellow markings around the eye and on the throat and have a scooped frill around the neck ending in the same yellow. They have brown wing tips and brown spotting can be seen to the side of the base of their tail. They have three white pear flowers in front of them and three behind. Digital artwork. It shows the front view of a Pear Bird, which has the body shape of a pigeon. They are green with light yellow markings around the eye and on the throat and have a scooped frill around the neck ending in the same yellow. They have brown spotting around the "base" and a greenish white chest marking that goes all the way down to the base of the tail, the latter is not shown here. One of their little pale yeel feet is holding a pear of the same colour.
June 14, 2025 at 9:59 AM
nollthere.bsky.social
Today was #PigeonAppreciationDay
My favorite bird ❤️
Digital art of a grey city pigeon landing on a hamburger that is flying through the air, with the top bun above its wings and an onion ring around its neck. Fries and more onion rings fly by in the background and the pigeon is gripping a pickle slice with its pink toes.
June 14, 2025 at 2:37 AM
fawxdraws.bsky.social
On a walk with my partner today, I spent no small amount of time admiring the local pigeons. I love pigeons, and there's a much greater variety here than I'm used to. Imagine my delight when I learn today is none other than #pigeonappreciationday !
June 14, 2025 at 1:38 AM
squidfan.bsky.social
Did I miss #PigeonAppreciationDay? #SciArt
Drawing of a rock dove (side view) in a circle that says “Proud member wild pigeon appreciation society” Drawing of a rock dove (side view) on a background of Pride flag colors in a circle that says “Proud member wild pigeon appreciation society”
June 14, 2025 at 1:14 AM
prplpigeon.bsky.social
I guess its pigeon appreciation day and i almost missed it. Here are a few pictures of some new pigeons I was given recently. All homing pigeons #pigeonsky #pigeonappreciationday #bird #animal #homingpigeon
June 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social
For #PigeonAppreciationDay :
Tureen in the Form of a #Pigeon, c.1760
Sceaux Factory, France
Tin-glazed earthenware (faience) w/ enamel decoration
On display at Cincinnati Art Museum (1983.51)
#BirdsInArt
photo of the pigeon tureen and its gallery label on display at museum “Tureen in the Form of a Pigeon, about 1760 Tin-glazed earthenware (faience) with enamel decoration Sceaux Factory France, established about 1739 The Norweb Collection 1983.51”
June 14, 2025 at 12:14 AM
viergacht.bsky.social
Gibson says to be nice to his feral cousins on #PigeonAppreciationDay
Gibson, a ringneck dove, white with tan spots, is bowing and cooing on my chest.
June 14, 2025 at 12:07 AM
blackhawk3339.bsky.social
Happy #PigeonAppreciationDay!

Here are Payton and Pippin, just in case you don't have pigeons of your own to appreciate.
Payton, a large, dark pigeon with a serious glare, sitting on a platform in her cage. Pippin, a small gray pigeon with checkered wings in front of a blurry background.
June 13, 2025 at 10:45 PM
bearandroses.bsky.social
#pigeonsky #pigeonappreciationday
arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social Art History Animalia @arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social · Jun 13
For #PigeonAppreciationDay :
Ohara Koson (aka Ohara Hōson, Ohara Shōson) (Japan, 1877 - 1945)
#Pigeons under Cherry Tree, c.1930s-40s
Color woodcut print
ukiyo-e.org/image/arteli...
#BirdsInArt #JapaneseArt
“Three colorful wild pigeons stroll under a flowering cherry tree.” long vertical format
June 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social
For #PigeonAppreciationDay :
Gustave Courbet (France, 1819 - 1877)
Woman with #Pigeons, mid-1860s
Oil on canvas
31 3/8 x 23 7/8 in. (79.7 x 60.6 cm)
On display at The Barnes Foundation (BF824)
#BirdsInArt
photo of the painting in frame on display at museum “Though Gustave Courbet was best known for his early paintings of French peasants, in later decades he focused on scenes of animals, displaying his virtuosic talent for creating naturalistic depictions of stags, foxes, hounds, and birds. Here, Courbet adds two pigeons to this unconventional portrait, in which the subject turns slightly away from the viewer. Small details invite comparison between the woman and the birds. Ribbons adorn both the sitter's hair and one of the pigeons, her earring glows like a bird's eye, and the silken feathers seem to mirror the abundant waves of her hair.” https://collection.barnesfoundation.org/objects/6076/Woman-with-Pigeons
June 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
arijuno.bsky.social
And one mo— WAIT NOOO
#FursuitFriday #PigeonAppreciationDay
🥖 @sebbyspresso.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
arijuno.bsky.social
More Pidge supporters 🥹💛
#FursuitFriday #PigeonAppreciationDay
🐦
@gildryntheeagle.bsky.social

I forgot the handles for the rest.. please help me find them <3
June 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
arijuno.bsky.social
For this #FursuitFriday AND #PigeonAppreciationDay I’ll be showing off all the fellow pigeon lovers <3 LOOKIT MY BOI MAKE FRIENDS!!

🐦 @chalur.com @leritoorange.bsky.social @thunderfennec.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social
For #PigeonAppreciationDay :
Ohara Koson (aka Ohara Hōson, Ohara Shōson) (Japan, 1877 - 1945)
#Pigeons under Cherry Tree, c.1930s-40s
Color woodcut print
ukiyo-e.org/image/arteli...
#BirdsInArt #JapaneseArt
“Three colorful wild pigeons stroll under a flowering cherry tree.” long vertical format
June 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
bibliothequebsn.bsky.social
Pigeon appreciation day ! •🐦🐦• Pigeon à l’honneur en ce 13 juin, journée nationale des pigeons qui ont servi leur patrie (ou leur bibliothèque !).
Notre pigeon, on l’aime. Vous aussi ?
Racontez-nous votre 1er souvenir de Pigeon, votre meilleur souvenir •
#bsn📚 #pigeonappreciationday
Pigeon dans des bambous
June 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
thelonglab.bsky.social
#PigeonAppreciationDay: I loved this 📸 of a (lucky) pigeon (taken on streets of Toronto by @louisedawe.bsky.social) so much that I incorporated it into this #LaurierBiology poster design! #SciArt cc: @rosemarymosco.com #birb #birbsky
Photo of a slightly-bedraggled dark gray pigeon with bright pink feet. The pigeon is standing on a downtown sidewalk where a dropped food container has spilled rice, vegetables and a plastic fork. Cartoon of the same pigeon, complete with spilled rice, vegetables and plastic fork. Pigeon is drawn as if it is a taxidermy model under a glass bell. Larger cartoon advertising a departmental seminar "Making Science More Equitable". The poster is inspired by a curio cabinet, and contains many items of scientific interest (including corals, mushrooms, antlers, pine cones, eggs, fossils, starfish, petri dishes, a globe, and of course the pigeon under glass)
June 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social
Resharing for #PigeonAppreciationDay
arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social Art History Animalia @arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social · Jun 14
For #NationalPigeonDay :
Anton Romako (Austrian, 1832–1889)  
 Girl at a window to St. Mark's Square, feeding #pigeons, c.1875 
oil on panel, H28 cm (11 in) x W 22 cm (8.6 in) 
Belvedere Museum :
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:An...
#BirdsInArt
oil painting, portrait orientation, late 19th c. Realism school Portrait of a fair skinned, red haired young women in period dress feeding a flock of pigeons from a half open window, with right arm extended out and pigeons feeding of her hand, and left harm holding seed bag while two more pigeons clinging to her eating out of it
June 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social
Resharing for #PigeonAppreciationDay
arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social Art History Animalia @arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social · Jan 19
Francis FitzRoy Dixon (b. Batticaloa, Ceylon 1856 - d. Ottawa, Canada 1914)
Orange-Breasted Green #Pigeons, 3 March 1880
Watercolour over graphite on wove paper, 19.5 × 32.8 cm
Royal Ontario Museum 2017.66.181.7 collections.rom.on.ca/objects/1558...
#BirdsInArt #ColonialArt
digital scan of a page from a sketchbook, watercolor illustration of a pair of Orange-Breasted Green Pigeons in side profile facing back to back, with a leafy branch background very lightly painted in behind them
June 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
mariaaeester.bsky.social
always happy to learn about a new holiday
#PigeonAppreciationDay
kleine Acrylskizze einer Taube
June 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social
Resharing for #PigeonAppreciationDay
arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social Art History Animalia @arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social · Jan 10
Nesting nun #pigeon tureen
Staffordshire, England, 1800-40
Earthenware (pearlware), lead glaze
11.15 (H) , 18.05 (L) , 9.5 (W) cm
On display at Winterthur’s “Outside In: Nature-inspired Design at Winterthur” exhibition
1996.0004.185.002a,b
#BirdsInArt
photo of the object on display at museum: soup tureen in the form of a nun pigeon (blue and white with ring of feathers around head) in a brown nest
June 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social
Resharing for #PigeonAppreciationDay
arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social Art History Animalia @arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social · Jun 14
For #NationalPigeonDay :
Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe, R.A. (British, 1901-1979)
The fashion parade (aka A variety of Modena #pigeons in vegetation), c.1950
oil on canvas, 25 ⅛ x 30 ¼ in (63.8 x 76.8 cm)
#BirdsInArt
www.bada.org/object/charl...
“The fashion parade presents the viewer with a kaleidoscopic perfection of balance, a compositional structure that marries aesthetics and subject matter with execution and natural form. The dark central pigeon, dominating the centre of the painting, is balanced by the lighter birds that encircle it - their striking plumage set off by the rich range of greens of the foliage, and punctuated by the pinks of their legs. The scattered leaves and constellations of daisies (not too many, not too few) frame the pigeons, and work together to help create a faultless visual equilibrium, designed, harmonised, and executed by the hand of a master.”
June 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM