I was just walking down the sidewalk when this pigeon swooped in out of nowhere and decided to just get in my face. It actually did a fair imitation of a hummingbird, making a commendable attempt at hovering in place at face level (I didn't even know pigeons could do this), barely two feet in front of my nose. I was so startled that at first it didn't even occur to me to take a photo of this crazy happening, and when I finally did pull out my phone camera, the pigeon had had enough of the "human baiting" and was settling down onto the pavement. I was so miffed at having missed this rare opportunity that I went chasing after the pigeon yelling "whoa! giddiyap!" (I didn't know what sound you're supposed to make at a pigeon), trying to get it to take off and come at me again, but all it would do to oblige me was this brief sideways float. It's better than nothing I guess, but it hardly reproduces the impact of a flying face-off.
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