Why do pidgeons nod their head when they walk??

Question

Why do pidgeons nod their head when they walk??

Answer 1

all  birds do it

Answer 2

because they have secret pair of headphones, and are listening to Heavy Metal Music as they walk, they are not bobbing their heads, they are headbanging!

Answer 3

it's part of their anatomy. the neck muscles and the leg muscles are connected.

Answer 4

This pigeon asked me the other day why humans swing their hands when they walk when they can keep their wings perfectly still when they are walking. I had no answer. Do you? We lamas also move our heads forward when we walk so as to make our body follow it.

Answer 5

they r geeks!!!

Answer 6

Because they agree with you.

Answer 7

LOL...i love this question....my brother does a really funny impression of them...but i don't know why...maybe they have inbuilt headphones and they're headbanging to music...lol

awwww...seems someone beat me to this idea above...lol

Answer 8

I often wondered this, and I only just recentl;y found out the answer.

Thinking about it, I can't rememebr the whole answer.... bother. But its something like this, pigeons (and chickens, probably other birds too) have trouble focusing on things when their head is moving. This is a problem when they're walking, so what they do is hold their head still and then jerk it forward, to keep it still for a maximum amount of time.

Watch a pigeon's head next time you see one and you'll see it stays still even when the body is moving forward and then suddenly jerks to catch up again.

Hope that helped :)