Japan - Miscellaneous, Pigeon

Birds are fascinating - even common ones like the pigeon.  Such a beautiful thing to photograph.  Strange is the paradox, then, that without those feathers it's one of the ugliest creatures around!

It's also worth noting that what makes them so beautiful is also what makes them fly.  Or, better stated, what makes them fly happens also to be what makes them so beautiful!  Either way, an apt allegory on life itself...