Why Do Birds Choose to Sit on One Roof over Another?
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Genuine question. I was sitting in traffic the other day and two buildings beside me. Both identical but one was absolutely covered in pigeons but the other had just a few.
Does anyone know why that might be?
With pigeons when one finds a suitable place to rest or roost others tend to follow, it's in their nature to follow each other L
Think it's the age old safety in numbers especially with those are prey. Survival in large nu.bers
Jerseydrew you’re right, I guess you want to be one of the quicker flying pigeons in this instance. Or protect each other perhaps?
My theory is that birds probably like to stay on a roof that is warm, therefore if you have good loft insulation that will go and sit on someone else's roof!
tumblespots I was going to say, ordinarily I would agree with you but both buildings are the same. But you can never tell if one building has a short cut on it. I will need to check it out when the snow comes and let you know.
Now that I’ve seen those birds, I can’t unsee it.
leeanngor Life is like that isn't it, there are several things over the years that I wish I could unsee!
It's because it based on a vantage point for them to see predators , crows are notorious for attacking and killing pigeons
martinlufc5637 thank you and I have learned things I had not thought of. But why one roof over the other. Identical blocks of flats, next to one another?
leeanngor I can't answer that, it's the same as where do all the birds sleep? When it gets dark they just disappear
Never thought about this before actually but it’s a good question. Maybe there is a reason to it or it may just be totally random
Interesting topic I have Pigeons and also wild Pigeons do come in our garden but they sit on our left side neighbours house and right side they don’t strange 
it’s true 
thanks for this topic.
I’ve often wondered this myself lol. We get a lot of magpies, and they seem to prefer my neighbours roof
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