The Big Apple

After the most gruelling flight of my life, a week or two later I'm finally in New York.





The crowds, the crowds. My god, the crowds.





New york is officially the most crowded place I have ever been in my little Pigeony life. I have never seen so many pigeons in the one place! I have never heard of so many pigeons being in the one place.


It's ridiculous really. I could barely move. Look!

These men were tourists too!


I was well fed though. People aren't meant to feed the pigeons, but unlike Washington citizens, New Yorkers are rebels. They also love pigeons. Their Pigeon Appreciation clubs are some of the biggest and best in the world.
The clubs often have fun days our together and organise events. It's really nice. Sometimes I wish I could be a human that appreciated pigeons.
Here is one of their websites: http://www.pigeonnyc.com/main.html

I love it. I browse through it all day looking at all the fun they have.

Later...
I found today that quite a few buildings around New York have spikes on them. It's so irritating! I can't sit on the edge of a building watching the world go by. I have to really search for a perch.
I'm going to make the big Atlantic trek in two days. I don't know where I'll stop overnight, but I'll work something out. Maybe I'll sleep on the water, I hear some birds do that...

For my final day in New York I'm going to take a tour of the statues.
>:]

A Capital Day

Livin in the city.

Arrived in Washington today. Before heading into the city distracts I took a gander at the forests surrounding the city. I met some native pigeons there and they were pretty cool. They were a lovely soft grey colour, with a green neck thing and some purple too. They've got a white ring around their neck and then some green under that and then their chests are slightly mauve.

I'll be honest, they look weird. I thought it was kinda cool, but similarly I don't wanna look like that. They were gentle and nice but I decided it was time to take my leave and head into the city.

They city was sweet. Some people really like pigeons in Washington, and I checked out the local Official Pigeon Club. There's a few pigeon clubs, but they also have an official one like back in LA. They fed me and were nice to me and it was a great few hours.

I was hanging around the fountain waiting to get fed, as would be expected, but I went hungry. I asked some of the local pigeons (the weird ones like I had met earlier in the forest) why I wasn't being fed at all. They explained that pigeons were seen as a pest by the City Council of Washington and it was against the law to feed us.

I have no idea how they found this out, but I didn't engage in a conversation about the logistics, I simply thanked them for their helped and went to forage for food elsewhere.

I like Washington, it's quite Pigeon-Hospitable. I don't think I'll stay here though, I'll head east see what it's like in New York

It's going to be a long flight..

A Sad Day.

Today something really sad happened. My friend JaeBum was killed by a pigeon hunter out in the countryside, in Los Angeles County. He was fully domesticated and he had a little tag and everything. It was so harsh for that hunter to kill him. I'm sure there's laws against killing pets.

This was him the day he got his tag. He was so happy.

:(

He's the third friend I've lost to the hunters. I was going to hang around LA for a bit longer, y'know, checking out all my old haunts and then leave with the usual pigeon migration, but I'm leaving today. Losing Jae so suddenly like this reminds me how pigeons are seen as pests by so many people in LA. It's an easy life, but it's also an easy death.
I don't want to end up like Jae, in some hunter's lousy house as a trophy.

I'm going to head to Washington. See what it's like for pigeons around there.

I'll keep you posted.

The trek begins.

Kim Kyoung Jae, Pigeon Extraordinaire at your service.

Life as a pigeon in LA has been good, but it's also been boring so I'm about to embark at on a trek of epic proportions.


Pigeon life.

Los Angeles, my hometown.

This fountain, my alma mater.



In LA pigeons are accepted by everyone as a part of everyday life. They sometimes throw me scraps of food and I can hang around wherever I like.


It's probably one of the best places to live but the stability just isn't right for an andrenaline junkie like me. I need risks and dangers, challenges and obstacles!

LA does have one major perk though;
The LA Pigeon Pageant. All the pigeons know that where to go if you wanna pick up a chick (i.e. female pigeon, not baby pigeon)

Just check out this cutie





Ain't she pretty?





The LA Pigeon Pageant is for the LA-ers that are Pigeon Enthusiasts (like myself :P).
It's known as somewhat of a joke to some, but it's a serious day for most. People bring their pet Pigeons and present them as one would at a dog show or a horse show.
The LA Pigeon Club organise is and it's a big part of what they do.

http://lapigeonclub.com/pageant.html

A New Pigeony Life.

This is my geog blog.

My name is Ali O'Shea and my blog will be in story form from the point of view of a pigeon.
The Pigeon's name is Kim Kyoung Jae otherwise known as Kyoung Jae or Eli.
The pigeon will start his adventure around the world from L.A. and continue from there.

The project will mainly be based on how the lives of pigeons vary depending on the geography or culture of a country.

Ali no more.

Henceforth your blogging author is Kim Hyoung Jae, known to his friends as Eli.

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