A scientist wants to resurrect Passenger pigeons

And I'm fascinated by our obsession with multitudes.

Last Fall, in the Vancouver Art Gallery, I found Pat McCarthy’s display of pigeons. McCarthy photocopied his own live pigeons for the art installation. He turned the prints into ceramic plates. They’re arranged on the wall in a large grid, with the age of each pigeon printed on the tiles. The prints are all in sepia and slightly warped and the breast fe…