
A couple weeks ago I noticed that someone had set up a makeshift shelter on an office building ledge at the corner of a relatively busy intersection. There were a couple of doves (white pigeons?) hanging out... and this odd bird. I like to think of him/her as Elizabeth, what with the ruffled collar. S/he looked even funnier (haughtier) when standing up. I'm guessing this is probably the male of the species, though. Perhaps someone out there with actual ecological-biological-ornithological expertise might know more?