We're back -- National Pigeon Day 2009!

[luciedove]

A celebration of New York pigeons!
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Noon - 4 pm
Pilgrim Hill in Central Park (http://centralpark2000.com/database/pilgrim_hill.html)
New York, NY
(enter on northwest corner of 5th Avenue @ E. 72nd Street)

The New York Bird Club is back for National Pigeon Day 2009! Co sponsoring the event is United Poultry Concerns (http://www.upc-online.org/). Check it out, we'll see you there!

Join us as we rally for the rights of birds, pigeon trafficking to Pennsylvania for the purposes of pigeon shoots, pigeon control methods, including contraceptives and poaching and protest hunting activities at places such as the Philadelphia Gun Club in Bensalem.

Speakers, political activism, entertainment and material distribution. Copies of the book "Pigeon Woman and the Snagged Bag", by the author Sam Hack, will be given to the first 100 people in attendance. Enjoy the awesome grace and beauty of the Flock of Doves, Mark Alexander's giant dove puppets from the Mortal Beasts & Deities (http://mortalbeastsanddeities.com/) performance troupe as they soar through the National Pigeon Day festivities on Pilgrim Hill.

Our NPD Mistress of Ceremonies will be Christine L. Mott, Esq., Member of the New York City Bar Association's Committee on Legal Issues Pertaining to Animals (http://www.nycbar.org/pdf/report/Animallawmemo.pdf).

See blog for complete listing of entertainers and participants: http://www.nationalpigeonday.com

Patrick Kwan is New York state director for The Humane Society of the United States (http://www.hsus.org/wildlife_abuse/news/pennsylvania_pigeons_050409.html) and spearheads the organization’s humane policy & campaigns in the Empire State. Backed by 11 million Americans, or one of every 28, including over 800,000 New Yorkers, The HSUS is the nation’s largest animal protection organization. Prior to joining The HSUS, he was a field organizer for Amnesty International and an advisory board member of the Center for Environmental Citizenship (now the League of Conservation Voters Education Fund), and managed media relations & communications efforts for corporate, nonprofit, and government organizations including the Mayor’s Alliance’s for NYC’s Animals, The September 11th Fund, and NYC & Company.

Info: nycpigeons@yahoo.com

[BrooklynRider]

How do I kill the pigeons that are nested above my bedroom window and make that horrendous cooing noise all morning?

[ZippyTheChimp]

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n75/vafish/08220004.jpg

And we'll all get to read about you in the Daily News.

[brianac]

Try this VERY NICE (http://www.5min.com/Video/Stump-the-Chef-Pigeon-Mashed-Potatoes-Apple-Juice-83227441)

[Ninjahedge]

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n75/vafish/08220004.jpg

And we'll all get to read about you in the Daily News.

That's only if he misses.........

Lucie, although we appreciate you trying to "help", just think how many PEOPLE you might be able to help if you put the time and effort you do with these COMPLETELY SELF SUFFICIENT birds towards something more worthwhile, like after school programs, homless food/shelter assistance, clean neighborhood programs, or (as posted in another thread) greenspace projects around NYC.

These birds will be here whether you help them or not. Kind of an easy thing to help something that will be just fine without your help, isn't it?


Don't answer that. it was rhetorical. ;)

[John P Robinson]

How do I kill the pigeons that are nested above my bedroom window and make that horrendous cooing noise all morning?

Could you not train them to coo in tune and maybe make a video for Utube ;)

[Fabrizio]

Seriously : Last week, for the First of May, I had lunch at my Communist workers social club that consisted of grilled meats: sausage, steak, ribs.... AND pigeon.

They were delicious.

[ZippyTheChimp]

Lucie, although we appreciate you trying to "help", just think how many PEOPLE you might be able to help if you put the time and effort you do with these COMPLETELY SELF SUFFICIENT birds towards something more worthwhile, like after school programs, homless food/shelter assistance

Quote from last year's pigeon day festivities:They are often a city child's first contact with nature and an elderly person's only friends.So there! A solution to the problem of lonely, isolated elderly people. Inundate them with pigeon friends, waiting to pounce on any food they might drop.

I propose an alternate,

Squab for seniors

[OmegaNYC]

Great, now the "Flying Rats" have their own day. :rolleyes: Thanks Liberials and Obama. :cool:

[scumonkey]

^:rolleyes: Whats Obama got to do with it?

[lofter1]

Will these two (http://tr.youtube.com/watch?v=Qjq8TSOzL10) be there?

[OmegaNYC]

^:rolleyes: Whats Obama got to do with it?

Sorry, I was reading the Post at that time. :p

[Ninjahedge]

I "empathize".

[Ninjahedge]

Let me get this strait.

They are protesting the government to change the laws regarding pigeons?



Is this some sort of coup?

[kathcom]

Great, now the "Flying Rats" have their own day. :rolleyes: Thanks Liberials and Obama. :cool:

Obama had nothing to do with this ridiculous day, started in 2008.
Being liberal does not make me want to celebrate these birds. I wrote about that last year on nymag.com and was told I hate animals, people and am in favor of torture. Some people just need to have a cause, however stupid it may be.

[lofter1]

I heard over the weekend that the lovers of flying rats have glommed onto "Rock Doves (http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Columba_livia.html)" as the preferable way to identify these filthy fiends and are pushing for a change in the name of simple "pigeons" to the fancier "Rock Pigeons" -- so as to get the more glamorous nomenclature into the heads of everyday folks.

But note that the seemingly official designation of the dirty bird is "Common Pigeon" :cool:

To celebrate the big day on June 13 perhaps a bunch of folks could get themselves up as a flock of these (http://www.giftsatpages.com/01/00446SM/mascots-birds-costume-pigeon-bird-mascot.html) and another gang could don a batch of these (https://www.halloweenstreet.com/SexyCostumes/General/Sexy-Safari-Hunter-Costume.htm) or these (http://one-net-enterprises-inc.amazonwebstore.com/Forest-Hunter-Mens-Costume/M/B001G8F244.htm?traffic_src=FIND&utm_medium=organic&utm_source=FIND&affId=the004-20) or these (http://www.buycostumes.com/Dear-Hunter-Adult-Costume/32387/ProductDetail.aspx?REF=SCE-froogle) and we could all show up at High Noon and make an advance on Pilgrim Hill (http://nationalpigeonday.blogspot.com/2008/09/hail-to-pigeon-of-peace-national-pigeon_03.html).

[Ninjahedge]

I heard over the weekend that the lovers of flying rats have glommed onto "Rock Doves (http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Columba_livia.html)" as the preferable way to identify these filthy fiends and are pushing for a change in the name of simple "pigeons" to the fancier "Rock Pigeons" -- so as to get the more glamorous nomenclature into the heads of everyday folks.

But note that the seemingly official designation of the dirty bird is "Common Pigeon" :cool:

To celebrate the big day on June 13 perhaps a bunch of folks could get themselves up as a flock of these (http://www.giftsatpages.com/01/00446SM/mascots-birds-costume-pigeon-bird-mascot.html) and another gang could don a batch of these (https://www.halloweenstreet.com/SexyCostumes/General/Sexy-Safari-Hunter-Costume.htm) or these (http://one-net-enterprises-inc.amazonwebstore.com/Forest-Hunter-Mens-Costume/M/B001G8F244.htm?traffic_src=FIND&utm_medium=organic&utm_source=FIND&affId=the004-20) or these (http://www.buycostumes.com/Dear-Hunter-Adult-Costume/32387/ProductDetail.aspx?REF=SCE-froogle) and we could all show up at High Noon and make an advance on Pilgrim Hill (http://nationalpigeonday.blogspot.com/2008/09/hail-to-pigeon-of-peace-national-pigeon_03.html).

Would we be allowed to crap on them?



(BTW, I prefer "Concrete Doves" myself. It is one of those self-contradictory "luxury outhouse" lind of things....)

[ZippyTheChimp]

Obama had nothing to do with this ridiculous day, started in 2008.
It was sarcasm.

[lofter1]

NH: You rule-breaker, you :p ...


What's up with quoting in full the post just above your reply :confused:

[Ninjahedge]

I figured this thread needed a bit more meat.


Tasted too much like chicken. :P