{"id":233514,"date":"2021-04-22T22:11:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T19:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/pigeon-breaks-into-nyc-apartment-lays-eggs-on-bed\/"},"modified":"2021-04-22T22:11:19","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T19:11:19","slug":"pigeon-breaks-into-nyc-apartment-lays-eggs-on-bed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/pigeon-breaks-into-nyc-apartment-lays-eggs-on-bed\/","title":{"rendered":"#Pigeon breaks into NYC apartment, lays eggs on bed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Pigeon breaks into NYC apartment, lays eggs on bed<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>This bird-brained roommate nearly got herself evicted.<\/p>\n<p>After eight days away from her Hamilton Heights apartment, small business owner Erika Barker returned to find that she had multiple new housemates. A pigeon had flown into her guest bedroom through an opening adjacent to the air conditioner and given birth on the bed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI heard some wings fl<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ing and thought, \u2018I\u2019m gonna get my camera out real quick and see,\u2019 \u201d said Barker, 38, who uploaded the resulting video <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@firelordnikon\/video\/6951859710073048325\">to TikTok<\/a>. Set to Megan Fowler\u2019s cover of the song \u201cI\u2019ll Fly Away,\u201d Barker\u2019s footage has been viewed 152,000 times. <\/p>\n<p>But she told The Post the viral clip was taxing to endure. Barker, who had been sleeping elsewhere to avoid a neighbor she\u2019s been having trouble with, said she\u2019s never experienced anything like it while living in her three-bedroom home of seven years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was a traumatic experience,\u201d she said of coming home to find one of the rooms suddenly occupied by two generations of New York City wildlife.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While she jokes in the video that the mama bird intruder will never see her children again, Barker actually decided to not only reconnect the family but allow them to keep living in her apartment \u2014 sort of.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!--If the slideshow is embedded in another post type add the inline wrapper --><\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow\">\n<p><!--Begin Slideshow--><\/p>\n<div id=\"slideshow-18040937-1\" class=\"slideshow-container \">\n<p>    <!--Slides Container--><\/p>\n<div class=\"slides-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"slide\">\n<div class=\"slide-image\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/pigeon-91.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1286 1286w,https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/pigeon-91.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1033 1033w,https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/pigeon-91.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=915 915w,https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/pigeon-91.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=642 642w,https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/pigeon-91.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=606 606w,https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/pigeon-91.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=453 453w,https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/pigeon-91.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=568 568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 568px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) calc(100vw - 170px), (max-width: 1280px) 66vw, (max-width: 1440px) 74vw, 100vw\" alt=\"pigeon-91\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/pigeon-91.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\"\/><\/div>\n<p>                <noscript><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/pigeon-91.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"pigeon-91\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"slide-caption-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"slide-caption\">\n                            The pigeon rudely gave birth in the middle of Erika Barker&#8217;s guest bedroom.                                                             <\/p>\n<p class=\"credit\">Viralhog<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"slide\">\n<div class=\"slide-image\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/pigeon-89.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=768 768w,https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/pigeon-89.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=552 552w,https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/pigeon-89.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=488 488w,https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/pigeon-89.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=432 432w,https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/pigeon-89.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=323 323w,https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/pigeon-89.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=242 242w,https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/pigeon-89.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=454 454w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 568px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) calc(100vw - 170px), (max-width: 1280px) 66vw, (max-width: 1440px) 74vw, 100vw\" alt=\"pigeon-89\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/pigeon-89.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\"\/><\/div>\n<p>                <noscript><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/pigeon-89.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"pigeon-89\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"slide-caption-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"slide-caption\">\n                            Erika Barker kicked a bird intruder out of her apartment before deciding to reunite it with its eggs.                                                           <\/p>\n<p class=\"credit\">Viralhog<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <!--Mobile slide controls--><\/p>\n<div class=\"next-slideshow-expander\">\n<div class=\"next-slideshow-wrapper no-image\">\n                Up Next<br \/>\n                <button class=\"close-button\"><span class=\"close-button-text\">Close<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<article class=\"story-photo-box next-slideshow oversize-headline\"><!-- NYPost and PageSix custom flag area--><br \/>\n            <!-- End custom flag area --><\/p>\n<p>                Tom Brady isn&#8217;t a fan of the NFL&#8217;s rule change&#8230;<br \/>\n                    <\/article>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>        <!--Slideshow Ad Wrapper--><\/p>\n<p>        <!--\/Slideshow Ad Wrapper--><\/p><\/div>\n<p>    <!--\/Slides Container--><\/p>\n<p>    <!--Slideshow Header--><br \/>\n    <!--\/Slideshow Header--><\/div>\n<p><!--Close inline slideshow wrapper-->\n    <\/div>\n<p>Barker, who runs a commercial photography business, said she \u201ctook a recycling bin, put a trash liner in there, put the nest inside of it\u201d and placed it in a window as a makeshift home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBelieve it or not, the mamma bird came back, and now she and her male mate are roosting,\u201d Barker said of the strange little window bin. \u201cI guess I\u2019m going to be having some baby pigeons.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Erika Barker isn't kicking out her intruder roommate just yet.\" class=\"wp-image-18042564 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/erika-barker.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/erika-barker.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/erika-barker.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/erika-barker.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/erika-barker.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Erika Barker isn\u2019t kicking out her intruder roommate just yet.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Erika Barker<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Barker, who is a military veteran, is not entirely sure what motivated her to take pity on the bird intruder, although she believes it may be subconsciously related to an incident in training school where she had to skin and eat a bunny she\u2019d befriended.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeanwhile, there\u2019s chicken eggs in my refrigerator,\u201d Barker observed of her own thinking in letting the winged rats stay in her window. \u201cI don\u2019t understand my logic.\u201d\u00a0\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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