The official bird for New York State is the Bluebird. Here in New York City, I can't quite believe that. Pigeons are so much a part of New York City's landscape that we should just declare it our official bird. Some think they are cute, some others shudder when they see them. A friend of mine calls them "rats with wings." I guess that is a very apt description.If it is true that in this city, there is one rat for every inhabitant, the ratio of pigeons to city dweller may not be far behind. Homeowners here in Brooklyn spend quite a tidy sum of money trying to keep these feathered foes from nesting in cornices and under window air conditioners. Many a building has been defaced and the only solution has been to put up these ugly little spikes around any horizontal surface of one's house. There is a brownstone at the end of my block that has these little spiky things all over it, along the cornice, over all the window brows and even over the entry way.
It looks so ugly especially when autumn leaves and stray paper get impaled on the spikes. All of this just to keep these birds away. I guess if I lived in Venice, I would find them romantic, but here in Brooklyn, they just spook me out.
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