As you know, Maple, and eight of my other birds passed away yesterday. After I took out the hutch that I suspected the bodies were stashed under, I didn't find anything to bury. No closure. 

I did, however, find the bands of Maple, and Misty. 

And, I wanted to keep the bands with me.

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Maple's band is very simple, and he had it when I bought him. I put it on the Fursuit Maple, so I can have a little bit of my baby with me whenever I wear, or hold him. 

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(Sorry about the Hot Glue strings, I was fixing his eyeliner and it the glue kind of got everywhere. He also needs a good brush.)

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With Misty's band, I put it on a necklace. 

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At closer inspection, the band shows she was born, and banded in 2018. That made her five years old. Considering Pigeons can live to 20, that's a pretty tragic age of death.

Yeah. I'm still pretty down, especially considering I couldn't even give my babies the decency of a peaceful burial. 

But on a more positive note, with any luck, I'll be getting some new pigeons soon! The man that I originally bought my first birds, Maple, Misty, Rosemary, Hurcules and Maggie, is still open and selling many breeds of birds, including one breed I've wanted for years. So I can look forward to that.