Do city pigeons have natural predators?

They have lots of natural predators. Cats, foxes, birds of prey to name but a few. I have seen a video of a rat attacking a pigeon, and a video exists of a seagull noted for drowning and eating pigeons in a London park. read more

They have lots of natural predators. Cats, foxes, birds of prey to name but a few. I have seen a video of a rat attacking a pigeon, and a video exists of a seagull noted for drowning and eating pigeons in a London park. Tourists were getting upset some years ago when the Pelicans in St James' Park started eating pigeons. read more

The natural predator of the pigeon, for example, is the peregrine falcon, a bird that can achieve speeds of up to 200 miles per hour in a dive and one of the few birds that has the speed and the manoeuvrability to outpace and catch a pigeon in flight. read more