Like I said already, I don't/didn't know whether the part of them being dirty is true or not it was just something I saw on TV one day. I've been around ducks and geese, and yes, they're also very dirty but I find them much prettier to look at than I do a pigeon. Also, I never said I absolutely hate pigeons, I just don't really like them...they just don't apeal to me at all. Everyone has their own opinions on different things. (oh, and I'm not worried about them carrying the avian flu as some of you seem to think).