Pro-pigeon article in New York Magazine!

Child among pigeons
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Whoo Hoo.. or rather Coo Coo! Actually what my pijjies say sounds more like LOOkitThaPOOL! (What pool?!) :)
From an email from the NY Bird club, congratz to Anna Dove and everyone who care for the little creatures with feathers :)
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New York Magazine - Pro-Pigeonism Article
New York Bird Club

Hello pigeon friends,

Pigeons have received some nice comments and a lovely article in the New York Magazine Children's Section. You can add some comments to the article if you wish.

It is time that pigeons finally receive good press, and we hope that the goodwill toward pigeons will follow in other media.

Thank you to all who defend and continue to advocate for our pigeon friends, and I hope to see you on Friday at our first National Pigeon Day.

Anna

http://nymag.com/family/kids/47515/

Pigeons are nature’s ambassadors to many young New Yorkers. Kids may grow up singing about Old McDonald, imitating farm animals, and reciting their “this little piggy”s, but those animals aren’t city dwellers. What parent hasn’t gotten a whine-free afternoon thanks to some birds and a few crackers? Nonetheless, pigeons have enemies: landlords, the bird-poop-phobic, and Woody Allen, who dubbed them rats with wings. But on June 13, bird lovers will spring to the underdog’s defense by hosting National Pigeon Day in Central Park. “We’re trying to promote a positive image,” says New York Bird Club founder Anna Dove via telephone, rescued canaries tweeting in the background. “There’s such negativity for no reason. They’re harmless, defenseless. They can’t attack; their beak is very soft.” Other members of the crusade against “anti-pigeonism” include Karen Davis of United Poultry Concerns and Valerie Sicignano of In Defense of Animals. The day is equal parts class and party: Kids will learn cool pigeon facts (e.g., how the birds acted as wartime carriers and how they’re smart enough to recognize alphabet letters) as they nibble on pigeon-shape cookies, view pigeon-inspired children’s art, and take part in a candlelight prayer service. (Dove worries there might not even be urban pigeons in five years.) Meanwhile, she urges all New York families to “carry a bit of bread crumbs in your bag, a few seeds to show kindness and respect. The pigeon isn’t a threat or an enemy. It goes along with quality of life to show kindness and compassion to all living things.” That’s a lovely lesson for the children.

6/13, 4 to 8 p.m. Pilgrim Hill in Central Park, enter on Fifth Ave. at 72nd St. (212-369-1293 or nationalpigeonday.com); free.