The Library Pigeons are returning to their daily perching spot.

 It had been several months, since I updated news about the Downtown Los Angeles Central Library’s pigeon flock, and there had been some unfortunate turns of events, in that the flock slowly began to migrate out of the area, eventually fully abandoning the perching spot, up on one of the library’s walls. My guess was that some of the new birds who had joined the flock had some attachments to where they came from, and they began to stray, slightly, from the flock’s flight formations, eventually leading them back to places where they came from, and the library pigeons, who were homed there, for years, followed them, possibly for adventure. 

The other day, I saw several pigeons return to their library wall perch, one of them, I call Ruffles, because he always has ruffled feathers around his neck. They came for a meal, which I offered them, and Ruffles ate out of my hand. 

Here’s a video recapping some of the closeup photography I got to do of the birds eating out of my hand. I had posted the photos, previously, but they ended up being still photos, instead of Live Photos. Here, you can get a sense of the action of the birds eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, with live moments interspersed with the still images that were captured.