A kindly woman was spotted feeding the birds outside Hamilton this afternoon. We hope they were potty trained.
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Nov 09, 2007 
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A kindly woman was spotted feeding the birds outside Hamilton this afternoon. We hope they were potty trained.
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24 Comments
@Anonymous Pigeons should be fed on the grass, not on concrete or brick. They will hang out where the expect to get fed. Their poop does some good for the grass, but it’s corrosive to concrete.
@hmmm Maybe the pigeon lady will also take sympathy and start feeding those scrappy hunger strikers!
@Anonymous I saw a pigeon get hit by a car today on broadway. feathers all over the place
@qweee The pigeons are there not so much for you to feed, but to appreciate. Can you imagine NYC without pigeons?
@that's disgusting yes. I can. appreciate? i grew up in the city and have wished their death ever since a pigeon flew too close to my face when I was five. Have you know this kind of fear? where do you come from?
@pigeon-hater i’m not having New York-phobia; I was born here. They are a threat to humankind and efforts should be taken to reduce their numbers, not to encourage them. Seriously, I know someone who’s caught toxoplasmosis from feeding pigeons.
@Sprinkles “The New York City Department of Health has no documented cases of communicable disease transmitted from pigeons to humans.” — Dr. Manuel Vargas, NYC DOHMH
http://www.urbanwildlifesociety.org/zoonoses/ExprtsRePijZoonos.html
I think the most common cause of toxoplasmosis is cat feces.
@I think You are all having New York-phobia. It is true that NYC pigeons are pretty brave. They don’t fear human beings.
@pigeon-hater a “kindly woman”? Who means to spread disease and pestilence by actually FEEDING the vermin? Please. Get the university to sterilize them all instead.
@can't believe this pigeons are a threat to humankind!! their growth only started when non-sensical “kindly” people like this woman began feeding them, like it was their life’s calling. I cannot walk from class to class without fearing the attack of more than one pigeon, squirrel, or rat. Our campus is not a zoo!!
@Sprinkles I totally feel sorry for anyone who fears an attack by a pigeon. Seriously, they weigh maybe one pound.
Squirrels are crap though.
@Or, perhaps, they want to prevent bush-hopping.
@ghostbusters because we can, because of the royalties from ghostbusters.
@NOT TRUE Most obvious myth ever! Yes, of course, money allocated to one department in the 80s could NEVER be moved.
Don’t believe everything you hear on campus tours. In fact, don’t believe anything you hear on campus tours.
@Huh? To keep out pigeons? It’s not like pigeons can’t fly…?
@Don't tell the University that. They’ll be upset that they wasted all that money.
@We do it to keep out the pigeons. We also use grad students like the one in the picture as bait.
@Can Someone tell me why Columbia fences the lawns? I’m not talking about the three big fields, but the Furnald and Hamilton fields, as you can see in the picture. We allow people on them anyway, so why put up these ugly metal fences?
@possibility They might be snow fences to control snow drifts. That’s always what I thought.
@323323 She got skillz.
@Bird Flu Mmmm yesss bird to human transmission
@Sprinkles Pigeons are immune to bird flu. Scientists did tests and all.
@Bird Flu Drats! Foiled at every turn!
@By the looks of it, she was feeding them her blood.