Category: for the birds

  • Pigeon Q & A: Bird hair

    I just got about 8 pounds of hair cut off and then I went out of town for a few days, so no one around here really saw me until Tuesday. Here’s an excerpt from a conversation I had Tuesday afternoon on the way home from the subway. Pigeon: Haven’t seen you in a few…

  • Golden Retriev-him

    I followed this thin leggy girl up the stairs from the subway. Her legs were much longer than mine so she walked a lot faster, and after a block she was a good 30 paces ahead. I cursed her and her long legs and me and my short legs and thought about how much further…

  • Fun with a corpus

    She looked down at the sleeping baby. He looked so peaceful now in his stroller, smashed in among the other pigeons taking their daily cramped commute into the city. He had spent the entire night awake and crying. Normally, he was not a fussy baby, which is why she wanted to go check on him.…

  • A street is only as gold as its fish

    Living in a city that has buildings on top of buildings and more buildings within those buildings and pigeons living up over around above and below other pigeons…a lot of stuff comes in, but at a certain point it can’t come in unless something comes out. I’ve certainly gotten some good furniture and books (pre bed…

  • “Did i tell you…

    “Did i tell you? She’s obsessed with this skin disorder thing that birds get where they pluck out their own feathers…obsessed…it’s all over her Facebook page.” “Ew. That’s so disturbing and random.” “I know! I’m like what is wrong with you?” “Seriously. Ew.”   I overheard this gem of a conversation while walking to the…

  • A Lady Pigeon’s blue period

    Like it or not, I’ve always been unconsciously drawn to monochromatic color schemes. If I had a dollar for each time I left the house and got to wherever I was going and heard “Oh wow you coordinated your shoes and nails and bag and belt and shirt and pants and underpants and sunglasses!” and…

  • Just to be absolutely sure

    You’ve seen a pigeon walk in a circle. He seems unsure or hesitant and just loops back around, retracing his claw steps. I saw this lady pigeon walk up to a corner with 2 other pigeons. They all kind of mulled around a bit, saying their goodbyes, and while the other 2 pigeons crossed the…