# New species of bird found in LV, the Western pigeon **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 10, 2019, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-species-of-bird-found-in-lv-the-western-pigeon/844651 "2019-12-10T16:09:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-species-of-bird-found-in-lv-the-western-pigeon/844651/1 "2019-12-10T16:09:52Z")
A new species of bird has been discovered in Las Vegas, the Western pigeon; they are denoted from common pigeons by their [little red cowboy hats](https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/someone-is-putting-tiny-cowboy-hats-on-pigeons-in-las-vegas-as-animal-rescue-works-to-remove-them). ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-species-of-bird-found-in-lv-the-western-pigeon/844651/2 "2019-12-10T20:50:49Z")
“Ididn’tdoitNobodysawmedoitYoucan’tproveanything!” ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-species-of-bird-found-in-lv-the-western-pigeon/844651/3 "2019-12-10T20:55:18Z")
Awww! I love a little pigeon. (;)) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-species-of-bird-found-in-lv-the-western-pigeon/844651/4 "2019-12-10T21:02:49Z")
Wild guess: It’s going to turn out to be the first person who was videoing them. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-species-of-bird-found-in-lv-the-western-pigeon/844651/5 "2019-12-10T23:44:25Z")
Just so they’re not MAGA hats. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-species-of-bird-found-in-lv-the-western-pigeon/844651/6 "2019-12-10T23:55:31Z")
It’s not against any religion to want to put hats on a pigeon. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-species-of-bird-found-in-lv-the-western-pigeon/844651/7 "2019-12-11T01:10:14Z")
Diapers would be more useful. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-species-of-bird-found-in-lv-the-western-pigeon/844651/8 "2019-12-11T04:28:29Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Diapers would be more useful. But can you imagine the mess when they finally overflow and explode? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-species-of-bird-found-in-lv-the-western-pigeon/844651/9 "2019-12-11T06:12:40Z")
When the diapers get like that it’s time to potty train. And then they get big pigeon pants. A hat for a treat. (Wonder where all those pigeon porti-potties are?) ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-species-of-bird-found-in-lv-the-western-pigeon/844651/10 "2019-12-13T15:02:53Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Awww! I love a little pigeon. There is a house in Jersey City, on SB Rt 1/9 that has a pigeon head painted on the side of it. It’s like on of those [Mural Arts](https://www.muralarts.org/) except it’s a 10’ high pigeon head! :eek: On the side of a house!!! :eek: :eek: It would be creepy at Halloween but it’s there year round! It’s apparently somewhat new, too, as it’s not yet on Google Maps street view otherwise I would have linked to it; next time I’m up that way I’ll try to remember to stop & get a pic of it. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2019, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-species-of-bird-found-in-lv-the-western-pigeon/844651/11 "2019-12-14T07:30:29Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > There is a house in Jersey City, on SB Rt 1/9 that has a pigeon head painted on the side of it. It’s like on of those [Mural Arts](https://www.muralarts.org/) except it’s a 10’ high pigeon head! :eek: On the side of a house!!! :eek: :eek: It would be creepy at Halloween but it’s there year round! > > It’s apparently somewhat new, too, as it’s not yet on Google Maps street view otherwise I would have linked to it; next time I’m up that way I’ll try to remember to stop & get a pic of it. Is it [Baby Girl](https://www.adelerenault.com/Baby-Girl-Jersey-City) by Adele Renault? ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2019, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-species-of-bird-found-in-lv-the-western-pigeon/844651/12 "2019-12-14T17:42:01Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Awww! I love a little pigeon. > > (;)) Me too! But do you leave the hat on when you roast them? Dennis ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2019, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-species-of-bird-found-in-lv-the-western-pigeon/844651/13 "2019-12-15T01:22:58Z")
> [@Die\_Capacitrix](#): > > Is it [Baby Girl](https://www.adelerenault.com/Baby-Girl-Jersey-City) by Adele Renault? No, the one I’m thinking of faces the other way. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2019, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-species-of-bird-found-in-lv-the-western-pigeon/844651/14 "2019-12-15T01:47:12Z")
> [@mixdenny](#): > > Me too! But do you leave the hat on when you roast them? > > Dennis Nah. You replace it after the roasting. Kinda like those little white friily things they put on standing rib roasts. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-species-of-bird-found-in-lv-the-western-pigeon/844651/15 "2020-01-17T17:15:58Z")
::Bump:: Apparently, their [Mexican cousin](https://www.kolotv.com/content/news/Pigeon-with-sombrero-on-its-head-spotted-in-Reno-567032251.html) is in Reno. WTF? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-species-of-bird-found-in-lv-the-western-pigeon/844651/16 "2020-01-17T18:37:08Z")
Aww. I do love some pigeon tacos! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-species-of-bird-found-in-lv-the-western-pigeon/844651/17 "2020-01-17T20:34:44Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > ::Bump:: > > Apparently, their [Mexican cousin](https://www.kolotv.com/content/news/Pigeon-with-sombrero-on-its-head-spotted-in-Reno-567032251.html) is in Reno. > WTF? > [@Gatopescado](#): > > “Ididn’tdoitNobodysawmedoitYoucan’tproveanything!” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-species-of-bird-found-in-lv-the-western-pigeon/844651/18 "2020-01-17T22:17:12Z")
And in related? news, researchers at Stanford have created [PigeonBot](https://gizmodo.com/scientists-built-a-robot-from-40-pigeon-feathers-and-it-1841039003)… ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-species-of-bird-found-in-lv-the-western-pigeon/844651/19 "2020-01-18T11:54:55Z")
It’s just carrier pigeons wearing their Western Union uniforms while they deliver data packets. Yes, you read that right. A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams on Avian Carriers. See: [RFC 1149](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1149). ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-species-of-bird-found-in-lv-the-western-pigeon/844651/20 "2020-01-19T03:08:35Z")
FLEE from pigeons wearing MAGA hats. No, wait; don’t bother. Doom is nigh. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-species-of-bird-found-in-lv-the-western-pigeon/844651.md?page=2)