Pigeon Party

I was driving the other day, when I came to a stop sign with a cross walk in front of it.

As I checked for traffic, I noticed two pigeons step off the sidewalk into the crosswalk and proceed to cross the street right in front of me.

The didn't seem to be in a hurry, and they didn't use their wings to help them get to the other side of the street faster. The just sauntered along side by side, bobbing their heads as if they were deep in conversation, all the while walking straight down the middle of the crosswalk.

When they came to the other side they stepped back up onto the side walk and paused, as if debating which way to go next.

As the scene unfolded in front of me I thought two things:

1. Holly shit, those pigeons are using the crosswalk to cross the street better than most human pedestrians.

2. Oh man, I wish my phone wasn't in the back seat, I'd take a video, no one is every going to believe this story . . . least of all my husband who frequently teases me for my love of pigeons.

In the end, I just sat back and watched them cross the street, laughing, and slightly amazed. Funny how two little birds can remind you that in this journey of life, truth is often stranger than fiction . . . and that's where all the magic happens.

P.S. for any one out there looking for a humors and informative take on pigeons, check out the Freakonomics Radio Live Episode 361: “Jesus Could Have Been a Pigeon” podcast.

No sacrilege or religion involved, all though it did manage to convert my husband, and ardent holder of the belief that pigeons are "rats with wings" to thinking that pigeons are indeed, "Super Coo".

P.S.S. Love this illustration by @ladyaxolotl via @society6