First I shall explain why I love PIGEONS. PIGEONS come in an innumerable variety of colors and patterns. They can be striped or spotted with different shiny colors on their necks. Now this color variety can be found in many animals but the PIGEON is so unappreciated. The PIGEON is widely considered to be a common bird and often a pest. It so amazed me when I found that this overlooked and ill favored bird could be so interesting.
Some time after I conceived of this slightly irrational love of PIGEONS my family and I went to Venice. For those of you who don't know Venice is teeming with waterfront property, overpriced gondolas, and PIGEONS. This is when I realized the depths of my devotion to the PIGEON. I loved to watch them, would often throw them food in order to attract a flock closer. The sheer number of PIGEONS was staggering and they all looked so pretty. This was a very happy time for me.
My brother, who had just spent a semester abroad in Italy, showed me a picture of his friend being attacked by a giant flock of PIGEONS.The friend had purchased 2 bags of bird food then gone to the central square. He then proceeded to throw up both bags filling the air with seeds. The flock of PIGEONS mobbed him. Hundreds of PIGEONS all flying at him. The friend threw his arms over his head and ran away from the descending hoard.
Later my mother, knowing full well the depth of my insanity, decided to feed my obsession by sending me a picture of a PIGEON with rings of different colors on its body. Oh the wonder that is COLOR GOD PIGEON.
