'When I started trying to find the pigeon lady, or ladies, or whoever it is feeding the birds downtown, I’d never seen her, but I’d heard stories from people who live outdoors in the Loop.' | katie_prout
A few weeks ago, Guy, who lives on a corner in the Loop, told me a story about watching the pigeon lady catch a pigeon with a blue butterfly net and pull it into her car. Maybe she caught it for food, or maybe for companionship, her very own Coobles to keep her company. Maybe she loves them, and thinks they’re beautiful.
“Want to go get warm?” Guy asks, and inclines his head toward a nearby 7/11. We go in and stomp our feet hard. Guy nods at the young man working behind the counter. “He usually lets me stay inside for a couple minutes,” he says. We take turns peering over the worker’s shoulder through the glass window behind him, watching for a vehicle to suddenly slow down, birdseed to spray. It’s 10:30 AM. After our couple of minutes are up, we resume our posts.
Lloyd and I wander some more. Under a viaduct off Ida B. Wells, I finally meet Elmo, someone I’ve heard casually about for years. Elmo, a middle-aged white man with graying dark hair, is originally from Kentucky; I can still hear the land in his voice. Sometimes he catches pigeons just for fun. He calls to them, clucking his tongue in such a way that the birds, hypnotized, walk right into his hands. Lloyd shows me the pictures, and later, asks Elmo if he thinks pigeons are beautiful.
“Excuse me!” I say, huffing as I try to speed walk his way in three pairs of pants. “My name is Katie and I’m from the“Next time,” he says, and keeps moving.
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