Slog - Comments on My Pigeon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/my_pigeon So I wake up this morning and there's a pigeon walking around on my deck. It won't fly away when I try scare tactics. It flaps around, but can't seem to achieve liftoff. It looks tired, perhaps injured. I call Brendan. I'm not feeling hugely sympathetic toward this creature. I'm also not feeling ready to put my fingers all over a flapping, possibly injured bird first thing in the morning. I want the pigeon gone. I want it to stop shitting all over the place. But I don't want to get my hands dirty, so to speak. I'm a... Copyright 2008 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:55:57 -0800 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:34:04 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by flamingbanjo Just don't name it. Once you've done that, you've got yourself a pet.

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/my_pigeon#c693163 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/my_pigeon#c693163 Life Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:02:13 -0800 Comment by Gloria I think you should name it Brendan.

]]> Gloria http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/my_pigeon#c693177 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/my_pigeon#c693177 Life Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:14:35 -0800 Comment by Amy Kate Horn When you find it dead you're going to have to quarantine yourself for 7 days--don't bring that bird flu into the office, Eli.

]]> Amy Kate Horn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/my_pigeon#c693182 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/my_pigeon#c693182 Life Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:17:19 -0800 Comment by Jersey Isn't there somewhere out there you can take it and drop it off? We have a place out here in Philly for things like injured squirrels, etc. Karma you know.

]]> Jersey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/my_pigeon#c693196 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/my_pigeon#c693196 Life Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:33:57 -0800 Comment by longball Is it roosting? I once had a small deck off my bedroom (a lanai?) and a pigeon made it his personal pimp palace. I battled him all spring. I the morning he would start his cooo cooo coooing and it was obnoxious. Every day by the time i got hom from work he would be 3/4 of the way done building a nest. I would toss it off into the yard, but he re-built it every day! He also pooped all over the place. I went after him with scarecrows, stuffed animals, a wooden carved lizard, and eventually a tennis racket. all to no avail. I have to tip my hat to him. I ahve never had a more worthy advisary.

]]> longball http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/my_pigeon#c693210 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/my_pigeon#c693210 Life Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:48:41 -0800 Comment by longball Holy spell check Longball!

]]> longball http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/my_pigeon#c693214 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/my_pigeon#c693214 Life Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:50:18 -0800 Comment by Jonah Come in over the weekend and let it nest in one of Erica's desk drawers.

]]> Jonah http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/my_pigeon#c693215 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/my_pigeon#c693215 Life Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:50:27 -0800 Comment by Joe Be careful: it may be the reincarnated soul of the former resident.

(As usual, the New Yorker was way ahead of you).

]]> Joe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/my_pigeon#c693236 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/my_pigeon#c693236 Life Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:03:36 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale PAWS, Eli. PAWS. Call 'em. They won't make fun of you for calling about an injured/sick pigeon.

Look at it like this: You think the pigeon wants to be not-being-able-to-fly on your deck? Show some pity, man. The bird is sick or fucked up otherwise. Shit, maybe just even depressed.

As I never think that animals are stupid or do random things, I'll lobby you to show some sympathy. The kind that might be hoped for if the pigeon landed on your deck on purpose. Because of you, not in spite of you.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/my_pigeon#c693241 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/my_pigeon#c693241 Life Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:12:49 -0800 Comment by tenspeed maybe a pelican can assist you...

http://www.porkbanana.com/76/pvp-ummm-the-solution-to-nyc-pigeon-problem/

]]> tenspeed http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/my_pigeon#c693248 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/my_pigeon#c693248 Life Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:21:04 -0800 Comment by Boomer in NYC You have a deck?

]]> Boomer in NYC http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/my_pigeon#c693276 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/my_pigeon#c693276 Life Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:57:51 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi Just don't overfeed it.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/my_pigeon#c693296 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/my_pigeon#c693296 Life Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:25:08 -0800 Comment by nbp read "The Pigeon" by Patrick Suskind and prepare to stay home.


http://www.amazon.com/Pigeon-International-Writers-Patrick-Suskind/dp/0140105832/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-5684170-1723303?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1176500517&sr=8-1

]]> nbp http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/my_pigeon#c693319 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/my_pigeon#c693319 Life Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:42:40 -0800 Comment by matthew hard to muster sympathy for a rat with wings eh

]]> matthew http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/my_pigeon#c693329 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/my_pigeon#c693329 Life Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:48:56 -0800 Comment by suey in reference to the new yorker article posted above: one day after my favorite most beloved dog died, a lost racing pigeon (with unusual b&w markings not dissimilar to my pup's) showed up on my back porch. i ignored it at first, but it just wouldn't leave, and definitely seemed weak and disoriented. it had an id band on it's leg, but no info that was helpful in tracking down an owner. so eventually we put out a box with some seed & water. after a few weeks it regained it strength, took a few practice flights and eventually flew away. it was just too weird to not be some kind of sign. spooky.

]]> suey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/my_pigeon#c693368 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/my_pigeon#c693368 Life Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:34:04 -0800