Here are some animals I’ve passed in the street who have compelled me to stop and take their photo.

Part 1: Pigeons

This pigeon was so strikingly odd that when I stood up after having been kneeling on the ground looking through the camera for a few minutes, I realized that 5 or 6 people had also stopped and gathered around to inspect this pigeon’s strange condition - haggard, it appeared to be blind in at least one eye, but possessed one of the most colorful irridescent coats I’ve seen.

There’s always something a little disconcerting about seeing a pigeon sitting down while awake.

For many months there was a little bird hanging from this streetlight on 87th Street. It looked real and as if it had been lynched by the pigeons - which would be an appropriate twist in a world where, in truth, the little sparrows are the bullies and pigeons are kicked around.

Yeah, this is from the boardwalk by the East River.