When filmmaker Samuel Crow saw a pair of pigeons building a nest across from his window in Washington Heights, he knew he had an opportunity for something special. A lifelong New Yorker, neither he or anyone he knew had seen a baby pigeon ...See moreWhen filmmaker Samuel Crow saw a pair of pigeons building a nest across from his window in Washington Heights, he knew he had an opportunity for something special. A lifelong New Yorker, neither he or anyone he knew had seen a baby pigeon in the wild - or even pictures of them, for that matter. Over the course of the next two months, he filmed his fire escape daily, capturing a pair of wild baby pigeons growing up, from their first cheeps to their leaving the nest as full-grown birds. A tender and evocative look at the life cycle of the flying rat, New York's least favorite animal.
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