J and I came home tonight after a day out in Brooklyn at a BBQ with friends only to discover a pigeon in our living room! He was just sitting there next to the coffee table hanging out. We were a bit perplexed about how he got in because we have screen in all of our windows — except one. This smart little guy must have squeezed himself in the 12″ x 5″ opening in the bathroom window! To be honest we were both incredibly freaked out and called a friend in for reinforcement. After calling our super (who was out to dinner) and dismissing Mom’s advice to throw a towel over him and then toss him back out the window (scary!), our friend decided to just chase him out of the apartment. Apparently pigeons in NYC aren’t that scared of people so when Vic stomped his foot behind the bird, it just walked away from him. So Vic just made him walk right out the door and we left him in the hallway for the super to deal with when he comes home. Don’t worry … we told the doorman he was wandering the halls!
Definitely a bit of a stressful night … and then we had to walk around the apartment and find all of his little poo presents that he left us. He even pooed on our friends beautiful wedding invitation! I’m not sure if that is a good or bad omen for their upcoming nuptials …
The good news is it wasn’t a bat.