One thing I admire about pigeons, and all animals with lateral eye placement, is their vigilance. You can only sneak up on a pigeon if it lets you.

This poor specimen was found in the bus lane at the Howard Station. I refuse to believe that it got leveled by a vehicle. How can such an alert, intelligent animal not get out of the way of a lumbering CTA accordion bus? I like to think that it died pushing a sparrow out of the way, sacrificing itself for the lesser of two invasive species.