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

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  • Caroline Mercer
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    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.