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Have a bone to pick about one of your labels: “not ugly”. Pigeons is ugly! Seagulls are not ugly. Belmore Park is not ugly: it is a people’s park, like Redfern. I like that underpass just near the Federal Police building: althought their cars are not not-ugly.
Pigeons are ugly. Did I tell you how much pigeons give me the creeps, sitting up their on wires pooping all over the place!
Fun photos! I think the birds like to be fed! I think that guy has many new friends!
@ Leif Hagen: I’ve seen him in the park before.
@ Julie: Not a great pigeon fan either, or a mynah fan if it comes to that. But the scene is not ugly, and the guy’s pleasure is priceless.
Not a pigeon or mynah fan either but these shots of pigeon man are great.
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Pigeons and mynahs are definitely ugly. Belmore Park is a lot less ugly than it used to be when I worked down that way in the 80s.