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Just found this...
"Really pigeons are one of the few species that have "made it" and been able to adapt to survive in the environment that we have created when we destroyed their former habitats. Pigeons are a species known as the Rock Dove. That sounds nice right? They used to live on cliffs and rocky ledges and didn't eat garbage or old KFC before we were around. Some bird guides still call them the Rock Dove or Rock Pigeon, though others have changed the designation to "Common Pigeon."
One interesting thing, is that pigeons are in fact feral animals, domesticated by humans several thousand years ago and now existing as a semi-wild populations in urban areas world-wide. (For those of you knowledgeable about how domestication generally affects species' appearances, this will explain the piebald coloration that many pigeons have.)We changed their behavior to tolerate our presence and be dependent on us for food --- then when they try to live side by side with us in the only way they know how, we call them "rats of the sky" and kick them. Not cool humans, not cool."
Hmmmmmmm...