bonnie@hanauma.stanford.edu (Bonnie Rippere) (09/08/90)
In article <6019@uceng.UC.EDU> lbechtle@uceng.UC.EDU (laurie bechtler) writes: >Am I the only one who thinks pigeons are pretty? Mark me up as a pigeon fan too. They are dreadfully messy, and that cooing will drive city people batty if they are nesting just above your window! However, I think their plumage and its irridescence are really beautiful. I enjoy watching them in parks, etc. too. The real problem with these guys is that there are just so many of them! Take any pretty bird and multiply it by several thousand and they stop seeming so pretty, I suppose. Kind of like zebras in Africa. Beautiful at first, but after you get over seeing your first 10,000, they start to look rather ordinary (cause they're bloody everywhere - in Kenya, that is, my only experience). Hard to believe, but it's true. Bonnie