Pigeons

I noticed this year there are no longer people selling pigeon food in the Piazza San Marco, and the pigeons that remain are looking pretty bad. Here is a blog commenting on this. Apparently as of May 1, 2008, it is illegal to feed the pigeons in Venice.










I once thought I would collect pictures of famous people feeding the pigeons in Venice. I have seen photos of Gertrude Stein and Claude Monet.














Here's Stein.
















Here's Monet.






It's fascinating how easy these were to find.


I even talked my friends into doing it too.



Another tradition is gone.

P.S. I am able to think of a logical reason for this: fear of bird flu.