Common wood pigeon in flight

I captured a photo of a pigeon when it took off from the top of a dead tree in Mankkaa, Espoo. I used The Rule of Thirds as a composition guide. Little info: Th...
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I captured a photo of a pigeon when it took off from the top of a dead tree in Mankkaa, Espoo. I used The Rule of Thirds as a composition guide. Little info: The common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus), also known as simply wood pigeon, is a large species in the dove and pigeon family (Columbidae), native to the western Palearctic. It belongs to the genus Columba, which includes closely related species such as the rock dove (Columba livia). It has historically been known as the ring dove, and is locally known in southwest England as the quist, or in southeast England as the "culver"; the latter name has given rise to several areas known for keeping pigeons to be named after it, such as Culver Down and Culver Hole in South Wales. It has a flexible diet, predominantly feeding on vegetable matter, including cereal crops, leading to them being regarded as an agricultural pest. Wood pigeons are extensively hunted over large parts of their range, but this does not seem to have a great impact on their population.
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