This is so fun. If you are ever over at our place and get the opportunity to see this in action, you will be happy you got to experience it. I had only heard about it as lore from Patrick, (Selena’s former roommate), but in the past week I’ve seen it twice: the epic battle of Selena vs. the pigeons.
A pigeon will fly up and sit on the ledge or on the wicker shelves (that are getting ruined out there in the elements), and… just sit there. It doesn’t coo, or poo or any other “oo” sounding action that could be irritating, it just sits there bobbing their heads around casually.
At one point, mid-bobbing, its eyes will get cartoonishly huge, it lower beak will drop in shock. Why? Because a crazy lady is charging the glass. It will stumble backwards and eventually gain composure enough to fly off in terror.
On the other side of the glass is Selena. Upon sight of the bird minding its own business on our porch, she will instantly stop what she’s doing, and race towards the sliding door to the porch in a flailing rage. She’ll be yelling verbally “go away, go away, go away” while swinging her arms in a manner that may denote flying, it’s rather difficult to tell.
The battle typically ends when the bird flees and Selena turns back towards the room to proclaim to all in earshot “I hate pigeons!”
I promise you, if I could arrange the timing I would set up seating and sell tickets, it is a prize- fight worth seeing.
What I want to know…. who’s more likely to fly smack into the glass? The pigeon or Selena?
We have a blue jay that picks at our plants and causes me to go “Selena” whenever I see it land on the balcony.