Here at ANIMAL we’re a big fan of all things pigeon and so we were delighted to see a new short about the city’s most ubiquitous bird by filmmaker JJ Sulin. He said it was curiosity that initially prompted him to make the brief documentary. After reading about “pigeon flying in NYC,” Sulin asked his pigeon keeper neighbor about the animals and he gave him the full rundown, including introductions to fellow “pigeon mumblers.” He then profiled them all and gives a glimpse of what it’s like to care and raise these birds in the Bronx, Staten Island and Brooklyn, where there’s a pet store in Bushwick that still sells pigeons.
All you naysayers of the recent metro card fare increase, rest assured: those extra 25 cents per ride might help save clean scalps all over Sunnyside and Woodside, Queens from the perils of pigeon shit. The MTA plans to invest $250,000 in a brand new "state-of-the-art pigeon poop mitigation system,"…
Pigeons: they're the city's most easily-spottable creatures and ANIMAL's unofficial mascots, so it was only fitting to kick off our new series of NYC nature documentaries with a look into the scrappy, oft-misunderstood birds. We observed pigeons in their natural habitats--the city's parks, streets, and buildings--and spoke to New York Audubon…
