[Daffynition]

More fowl play in NYC?

A pigeon that was painted purple was discovered in a Queens park.

[palomonte]

Ravens fan

[raybbr]

"Itwas terrible," said Joe Mora, an animal lover who rescued the birdThursday from a Long Island City playground, where onlookers were gawking at the oddly-colored columbine.

Oh, for God's sake. As if there aren't enough pigeons in NYC.

[Chode]

maybe somebody just read "The Painted Bird". great book...

[SouthDixie]

What's purple, sits in a tree, weighs 6 oz. and is veryyyyyy dangerous?

A pigeon with a machine gun.

[DieHard the Hunter]

> The royal-hued bird wasn’t born that way, though. Someone with a sick sense of humor - or a problem with pigeons - painted him purple.

I don’t advocate cruelty to animals, but pigeons are little better than flying rats, spreading disease and pooping everywhere.

Somebody with a pellet rifle could solve the purple pigeon problem at little cost and no fuss. And with a few more pellets a healthy cull of the pigeon population could be achieved.

[new cruelty]

be on the look out for this guy.

[Sacajaweau]

Paint a pigeon purple? Sounds girlie. I'll bet everyone is looking for a "dude"...Send in the forensic team.

And then again...Think Seinfeld

[OldMissileer]

It is just a dirty pigeon!

Back in the 1980’s the bored Missile Security cops at a certain Launch Control Facility in North Dakota caught the gophers on the site and painted them neon colors.

The Wing Commander went to the site on one of his regular visits and saw dozens of these neon creatures running around, so he told the cops to cease and desist.

It was very funny, though.

[Leo Farnsworth]

In the 1950’s the painters of the Golden Gate Bridge began painting an orange mark on the breast sea gulls that got too near them. In time bird watchers announced a new orange breasted sea gull, never before discovered. Eventually the truth came out and the bridge painters had to stop marking the birds.

[LimaLimaMikeFoxtrot]

They're disgusting. And a lot of fun to shoot. Two were on my sister's barn roof and actually took flight when I yelled "Pull" at them.

I was laughing so hard I almost couldn't get the gun up. Dropped them both like a Sporting Clays pair.

[svcw]

Oh please.
I had a white cat that my brother took magic markers and made rainbow.
Unless the paint was toxic no biggie.
I do wonder how the bird sat still for the painting.

[manic4organic]

The only way to paint them is with lead.

[Condor51]

Torturing a Pigeon is sick.

However, putting a 5mm caliber pellet in the disease infested rat-with-wings skull from 75 feet with my Benjamin-Sheridan scoped rifle is another matter.

Got 22 of those filthy things back in the 60's. I finally made it safe for everyone in our apartment building to sit outside without getting crapped on.

Still have it too, and it's still zeroed.

[austinmark]

OK..so there I was Spray Painting a New coat of “people eater” Purple on my AMC Gremlin...

an Hey, I Thought it was my Hood Ornament.....