Pigeons’ native habitat isn’t a city or suburban area, like many other types of birds they originally made their homes in wild habitats. The pigeons that you commonly see in our residential areas evolved along the rocky shorelines of North Africa and the Mediterranean Sea. About 5,000 years ago they were domesticated by the Mesopotamia civilization, and they have been commonplace near human populations since. As pigeons have lived alongside humans, they naturally gravitate to our homes and other buildings because these structures offer safety and protection and ample food sources are usually nearby.