Attempts at Lunch
Have you ever been to a park to eat your lunch and been visiting by a flock of seagulls or pigeons. I have done so on more than one occassion, but not as I did yesterday when I went to have my lunch. This was far closer to something out of an Alfred Hitchock (no idea how to spell that) movie.I had been inside all day and so I thought I might get so fresh air eating my lunch in the local park. I sat down, and as soon as I had opened my food, I had birds swarming near me. So I got up and moved to a seat where there were no birds at all. But once again, as soon as I had opened my lunch, I was surrounded by birds. And I mean surrounded. You know the games you play as kids were you try to sneak up on birds and touch them. Well there was no need for sneaking. These birds actually landed on top of me and I had to kick and swipe at them to get them off. I have never seen such tame pigeons except in San Marco Square in Venice, where the pigeons are part of the tourist attraction and it is expected.
So there you go, I learnt something. The pigeons in Vancouver are feral. Lunch eaters, beware! (That or eat inside, which is what I ended up doing!)
posted by bec @ 4:23 am
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