Rats of the Sky Movie: Winged Migration

The Mister and I watched the fabulous documentary of bird migration, Winged Migration, last night. The Mister commented that Canada geese are "rats of the sky," except that pigeons are already "rats of the sky." He questioned, are there, perhaps, different rats of the urban sky and rats of the suburban sky? In the south suburbs of Denver, for instance, I grew up around a lot of geese and no pigeons that I recall. Now that I am living in an urban metropolis in West Virginia, I must walk under a flock of pigeons living on the bridge everyday. Something to ponder . . .
While our favorite images in the film were those of seabirds nesting, likely filmed in Newfoundland, where we saw thousands of gannets, puffins and murres on our honeymoon, the shots of Canada geese in Monoment Valley were wondrous. Rats of the suburban sky being awkward, honk-y, and goose-like against the sagebrush and red rock monuments make for fabulous juxtaposition.