Pigeon builds nest of zip ties at Boston City Hall

BOSTON — Boston City Hall serves many different purposes, the latest of which is a home base for pigeons.

Boston 25 Reporter Robert Goulston snapped a photo of a pigeon nesting on a window sill of the 55-year-old building. Only the bird’s nest was a bit peculiar, even by pigeon standards.

The nest was made entirely out of zip ties.

According to the Mass Audubon Society, feral pigeons will typically nest on building ledges, rafters, or overpasses and use whatever is available to them to build their nests. The nests are saucer-shaped and are made out of sticks and twigs (or in this case, anything that resembles a stick or twig).

Pigeons will also reuse these over and over for each following brood, adding new nesting materials on top of the previously constructed nest, officials say.

Females will typically lay two eggs and it will take about four to six weeks for the hatchlings to mature.

Wildlife officials also say pigeons mate for life and may breed at any time of the year as long as there is enough food.

In the meantime, this pigeon seems too tied up with interior decorating to find a mate.

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