ROCK PIGEON (Columba livia): Pigeon flocks are a familiar sight all over Malaysia ~ in public parks, on temple grounds, in villages and suburban housing estates, etc. They are seen everyday in the backlane behind my house in Bangsar, K.L. Some households in my neighbourhood routinely put out their leftovers for the pigeons to eat. And this attracts other birds, namely sparrows, crows and mynas.