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birdandmoon:

A comic titled "What is a City Pigeon? By Rosemary Mosco." There's a small pigeon shouting through a megaphone. Panel 1: A banner says "It's a Dinosaur. Like all birds, pigeons descended from dinos." A pigeon roars "coooo" over the silhouette of a dinosaur yelling RARR. Panel 2: The banner says "It's a Dove. A city pigeon or Rock Dove is a member of the pigeon and dove family." A pigeon stands in glorious rays of sparkling light, with a halo over its head. Panel 3: The banner says "It's a Domestic Animal. Pigeons were domesticated millennia ago for meat and fertilizer (poop)." A cow stands in a farmer's field, saying "moo." A pigeon looks up at it and says "coo." Both have just pooped. Panel 4: The banner says "It's a Purebred Pet. Like dogs & cats, pigeons come in fancy breeds." There are three fancy pigeons: A Birmingham Roller, with rusty feathers and splotches of white. A Fantail, with its head pushed back and a huge fanned out tail. A Saxon Fairy Swallow, with a crest and huge fans of feathers on its feet. Panel 5: "It's a Feral Animal. Fancy pigeons escaped, blended breeds, and became multicolored city birds." There are four feral pigeons, one with grey streaks over white feathers, one a mix of white and checkered red with a pale red head, one typically colored but with blotches of white, and one all dark grey, standing against a city backdrop. Panel 6: The banner says "It's a Lover. Pigeons mate for life (usually)." There are two pigeons meeting beaks against a trash can and other bits of trash in an urban setting. A label says "trash can date night". Panel 7: The banner says "It's an Indicator of Inequality. Where pigeons have high levels of lead in their blood, people do, too." And there's a footnote to a link to a study. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653516308864 There's an image of lead pointing to a pigeon on one side and people on the other. Panel 8: The banner says "It's a Lot of Things packed into a small, familiar form." A proud pigeon stands against an urban background, saying "I contain multitudes."ALT

Because folks liked my latest pigeon comic so much, here’s another pigeon piece!

I made this a couple years ago for a sadly now defunct publication called Pipe Wrench. I hope this piece helps spread more pigeon love.