Drop this bird knowledge casually at your next party, much like a bird drops a bomb on a windshield.
Our dark hero looks out over Gotham. He's not the bird we wanted, he's the bird this city deserves.
Pigeons aren't the only birds to be seen in New York City. Believe it or not, NYC is one of the best places for bird watching in the Northeast: Central Park and the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge near JFK Airport are right along migration paths and have an amazing array of species.
But in addition to the exotic migrants that pass through the Big Apple like tourists, New Yorkers share their city with birds who live here full time. We see them every time we step outside. The birds we see every day are a lot more like you than you realize — whatever chutzpah it takes to make it in the city instead of retreating to the leafy suburbs, they have it.
Summer plumage (iridescent black)
