Do You Know About All The Things Pigeons Can Do?

You guys. It’s SO MUCH STUFF.

Illustration by the author.

How do you feel about pigeons? There are only three correct answers to this:

1. I LOVE THEM. I AM OBSESSED WITH THEM. PIGEONS ARE TREMENDOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2. Look, I’m not that in to pigeons, but I have respect for them.
3. I don’t know how I feel about them, Sophie. That’s why I am here, reading this article.

If you are already in the first category, I imagine I’m not going to say anything you don’t already know. You probably have already read this important piece by Michelle Téa, and maybe you’ve already read this also-important comic that I made last year. Maybe you’re just here to have a downloadable PDF of this “Things Pigeons Can Do” poster. There it is. You can go now.

If you fall under categories two or three, or a fourth, unspoken anti-pigeon category, gather ‘round. Let me tell you a little bit about pigeons.

Pigeons can do a lot of human hang-out things.

It’s not like pigeons have to do human things, but they’ve historically been way nicer to us than we deserve. Humans have taught pigeons to play ping-pong, to race each other for sport, and become loyal friend that will return to your human self if…