As many readers may be brining, trussing or spatchcocking turkeys in advance of Thanksgiving, we have a different kind of bird story for you. One of a well dressed, bedazzled pigeon who appears to have gone on the bird equivalent of a rumspringa.
Olive, a pet pigeon who has now become famous for strutting around in a handmade rhinestone-studded vest, took advantage of an outing with her adoptive mother, Marlette Fernando, in Phoenix, on Nov. 7, and for the first time in its life, flew away from home.
After getting out of the car — apparently, Olive really enjoys riding shotgun — the gray pigeon circled the house a few times then took off, Fernando said in a statement.
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