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Survival of the fittest and natural selection
were terms invented by Charles Darwin in his book ''The Origin of Species'', himself, a pigeon fancier and breeder. Whenever you
see a feral flock of pigeons take notice of the colors on them. As a general rule most will be either blue bars, blue checks,
black checks, sooty, smokey, and drab looking unattractive colors. Some will have certain amounts of white in their feathers;
however, they will be far fewer in numbers. And generally as the year goes on the ferals with white feathering will disappear.
A good analogy is fishing lures, a good fishing lure sparkles, shines and stands out to attract predator fish such as bass,
pike, etc. Although all colors of Flying Oriental Rollers can out fly hawks and perform exceptionally, the birds that stand
out because of their white feathering and exotic colors will be the first that hawks and falcons will attack. The exception
to this rule would be sick, weak, young, or injured birds and birds with improper physical body type or feathering.
Over time your loft will show you what nature is attracted to by what birds are left at the end of your flying season.
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