Photo Op: Downtown Pigeons Get Crazy On
Title pretty much says it all. 4th and Hill, 16 December 2005. Pigeons running rampant. Call them what you will: Filthy disease-carrying pests, swooping, waddling, loud, obnoxious flying rats. I may have once considered buying Terror Eyes to get them off my balcony, but I maintain they’re nowhere near as bad as gulls, which are downright bullies and thieves. I’ve seen gulls tear people’s beach bags apart. I’ve seen them eat and steal more food than any other type of bird. True story from my beach-dwelling days: I felt a hunger inside. Went to Tommy’s at Pico and Lincoln, Santa Monica. Ordered up some chili fries. You’ll recall Tommy’s is a good eight blocks from the shore, but like the homeless waifs that seem drawn to this particular corner, the gulls always know where food can be found. I placed my fries on a table. Turned around and walked literally two feet for a napkin and hot pepper. Turned back around to witness a gull with his beak buried. Buried, buried, in my fries. Beak rooting and digging into the chili, totally engrossed, totally having his way with my his food. Fuck you, gull. Fuck you all. These downtown pigeons are ok in my book.
Great pigeon pics…I have seen people feeding them by that subway exit. It encourages them hang there.
There is one lady who gives them bags of bird seed every day which is the only reason they are there in such numbers.
Pigeons have a bad rap.
Just check out how awesome this pigeon was (click the link on UniAce below). That was at the LA Times book fair at UCLA in 2002. I love LA.
By the way, those ARE some great pigeon photos you got! Just put a link to them on BirdsofWestwood.com
Check it out the rest of the site (link on UniAce) for more interesting birds that I found out we actually have in at least one part of LA (including WILD PARAKEETS!).
UniAce, thanks for the props. That’s a killer shot of the roost atop the lady’s hat. Makes me wonder why the hat is so clean.
Gotta love the bookfair. hm…2002. That may or may not have been the year I worked the Hollywood Bowl booth, calling my friends to go stand in line at book soup next door for ellroy’s autograph.
Love the pics.
Your pal
Brian Pigeon
hey werr i live if they werr like that i wudnt leave 1 i wud hit them all with my home made catip pult and breed them and they are not dirty actuly so sushhhh stupid people
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Best part about this is that I saw pigeons two days ago making full-on nests BETWEEN THE SPIKES on an awning. Ultimate deterrent? Think again, pigeonspammer. You cannot keep a good pigeon down. Go the fuck ahead and try though
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