Captive wood pigeons are set in the canopy of the trees to draw in the migrating palombes. This clever chap has trained his pigeons to also entertain them.
When the wood pigeons migrate through SW France, some hunters become obsessed. It is sometimes called the 'Maladie bleue', or the blue sickness, due to the colour of the pigeons. This one has asked his wife to call his work to say that he won't be in for the next few days as he has the 'Maladie bleue'...