shabbir, pagol, chagol, asif, afroza, partha - thanks a lot. You guys have been providing me tremendous support which actually keeps me going. Um, I never can express how much a comment (+/-) means to me. Having the feeling that, someone looked at what I've done completes the cycle.
Dhanad, I used blending in this pigeon most of the times. Only 2b and 4b. [Faber Castell 2b Mechanical, 4b Staedtler] And I always made sure that my 4b is always blunt. I hold my pencil in the middle so that I always have my hands a considerable distance apart from the paper. So that, the chance of dirt getting on the paper is low. Used small cut pieces of eraser to bring out some effects on the tail.
I swear that the actual piece looks a lot better than the scanned one. The one I posted misses out a lot of details.