Pygmania

A pigeon stuffed animal exists. It showed up as an Amazon "gold box" deal of the day. Top Customer Reviews 5.0 out of 5 stars The 10" Hansa Pigeon brings joy to all that interact with it. By  Conor Hastings   on May 13, 2015 Verified Purchase This pigeon is honestly amazing. I don't think myself/the others in my office have ever experienced as much joy previously as we all do now everyday when we interact with Thomas. Whether it's the excited look he gives you when you arrive in the morning, the quizzical turn when you say something a bird just wouldn't quite understand, or when you just need a shoulder to cry on(or the bird equivalent of a shoulder), Thomas is always there for everyone. I just wish he could fly, he deserves it. 1 Comment     9 people found this helpful. 5.0 out of 5 stars Real enough for me. By Kevin McCloskey on March 26, 2016 Verified Purchase I like this bird. It has enough details to be of use explain...

reposting a nice little piece from last week's nyt magazine [ link ] with several parts that felt like inside jokes between us. should we feel robbed? Bitten to the Quick By ABIGAIL MEISEL SEPT. 19, 2014 In the spring of 2013, a family of pigeons nested in scaffolding outside my apartment building two blocks off St. Nicholas Avenue in Manhattan’s Washington Heights. From the window of my first-floor apartment, I heard the cheeping of baby birds and affectionately observed their downy forms and tiny black-tipped beaks: my very own slice of nature. But in May, when the squabs matured into fledglings and flew off, it seems that a horde of barely visible parasites that had been feeding off them — bird mites — needed a new blood supply. They launched an Old Testament-worthy invasion of the first-floor apartments. Relentless and nocturnal, the bugs robbed us all of sleep, raising painful red bites on my skin that were ringed with bruises. They appeared to prefer warm and damp l...

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