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Pigeons Immortalised

@JudyEv (326354)

Rockingham, Australia

October 19, 2017 7:10pm CST

While in Ireland we attended a concert at the National Concert Hall in Dublin. We arrived much too early so had a coffee in a café across the street. In the courtyard area was an ornamental pond with a sculpture of dozens of pigeons. Although the photo isn’t the best, hopefully you can see the birds. Pigeons are everywhere in many cities but I shouldn’t think they’d get immortalised too often. And they sure make a mess of some monuments.

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@LadyDuck (459623)

• Switzerland

20 Oct 17

Those birds are not the most loved, they are dirty birds, present in all big cities.

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@JudyEv (326354)

• Rockingham, Australia

21 Oct 17

I was surprised to find a sculpture dedicated to them.

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@LadyDuck (459623)

• Switzerland

21 Oct 17

@JudyEv I am sure that I have seen a big statue of a pigeon somewhere, but I do not remember where.

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@JudyEv (326354)

• Rockingham, Australia

22 Oct 17

@LadyDuck I have an idea there might be one that honours the messenger pigeons that were used during one or both of the World Wars.

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@teamfreak16 (43419)

• Denver, Colorado

21 Oct 17

I've never seen pigeons immortalized by statue before.

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@JudyEv (326354)

• Rockingham, Australia

21 Oct 17

They don't get a lot of good press do they?

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@JudyEv (326354)

• Rockingham, Australia

22 Oct 17

@teamfreak16 It would be like watching kids trying to catch one - or catch a seagull at the beach.

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@teamfreak16 (43419)

• Denver, Colorado

21 Oct 17

@JudyEv - No. Not at all. Once in Stuttgart, there was a guy trying to stomp on a bunch of them. It was funny because he wasn't going to get one.

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@sueznewz2 (10409)

• Alicante, Spain

22 Oct 17

like you say they are messy ... but it's a nice photo and sculpture I think it captures the birds very well...

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@JudyEv (326354)

• Rockingham, Australia

22 Oct 17

I think it is well done too.

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@xFiacre (12636)

• Ireland

20 Oct 17

@judyev You'd think the pigeons would refrain from dumping on sculptures of their lovely selves but no. How very selfdisrespectful of them.

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@JudyEv (326354)

• Rockingham, Australia

21 Oct 17

They have no sense of shame - or class - or anything else.

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@Hannihar (129607)

• Israel

3 Oct 18

@JudyEv We also have lots of pigeons here. I ask them to move if they are on the sidewalk and wait till they do. I have respect for them.

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@JudyEv (326354)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Oct 18

I saw a lovely pigeon at the Royal Show. I'll write about it soon.

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@Hannihar (129607)

• Israel

3 Oct 18

@candycanedec (379)

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20 Oct 17

I always wanted to go to ireland

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@JudyEv (326354)

• Rockingham, Australia

21 Oct 17

It is a lovely country and very pretty.

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@candycanedec (379)

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21 Oct 17

@JudyEv I want to go

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@hostessman (11871)

• Tucson, Arizona

20 Oct 17

the birds are wonderful except for the mess they leave behind

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@JudyEv (326354)

• Rockingham, Australia

21 Oct 17

And they do leave a lot of mess don't they?

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@JohnRoberts (109857)

• Los Angeles, California

20 Oct 17

They are messy dirty birds.

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@JudyEv (326354)

• Rockingham, Australia

21 Oct 17

I think so too but I guess you have to admit they are survivors.

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