They make excellent friends. Pigeons clean up our waste. Pigeons eat food we dispose of as litter. Pigeons eat weed seeds. Pigeons primarily eat seeds, and some of their favorites are weed seeds.
Pigeons provide a good role model for society.
The traditional doves of love and peace, pigeons mate for life and set a good example for people by the way they care for their mate and their young, share feeding areas, and live peacefully with each other. Pigeons provide ambiance. Pigeons provide nourishment. Endangered Peregrine Falcons, for example, would not be staging a comeback without the pigeon as their prey base. Pigeons are benign residents.