If the bird somehow imprinted on humans at a young age, for instance if it was found injured fallen from the nest and was helped back to health by this person, it wouldn't be able to survive in the wild because it wouldn't have learned to hunt or forage for food on its own. While some things like flying are thought to be an instinct where the parent just pushes the baby out of the nest and expects it to flap its wings, feeding and foraging is a learned skill taught to baby birds by their parents. I am not an expert, it's just what I have read
I think as I have raised pigeons and raced them and when they are lost they fend for themselves and are able to find food it’s natural look at wild pigeons in any city you will see many of them with rings on there legs they were once pets but they live fine in the wild
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u/Geordietoondude Sep 14 '22
Is that a wood pigeon they are wild birds