

A short PBS Nature clip previews a documentary on how urban pigeons court and pair up amid the pressures of New York City life.

A short PBS Nature clip previews a documentary on how urban pigeons court and pair up amid the pressures of New York City life.
Pigeons “dating” in New York is the least surprising thing I’ve heard all week. Rent is a fortune, the subway is a sewer, and the birds still manage to find a partner. Honestly, they’re ahead of most of us. The real stat nobody mentions: the city’s pigeon population is estimated around a million, and most of them are the descendants of birds released from domestic stock centuries ago.