Why look at pigeon tracks on the sidewalk?
22 November 2009
City pigeons are the product of domestication – but exist somewhere between tame and wild. Their traces in wet cement remind us that human and non-human animals share the city together. The sidewalk was once a meeting place – not just a passageway. Pigeons still use it that way.
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I love this musing.
It’s important to remind people that they are not the only city dwellers. Pigeons seem to get such a bad rap, in spite of their characteristically docile nature. Being a bird rehabber, I had the opportunity to work with so many species of wild and domesticated birds, and pigeons are the sweetest of all. They seem to fully appreciate every ounce of attention.
Yes, in the time I spent reading up on them and watching them in the city, I have concluded the same thing. I think they’re wonderful critters.