Bobblehead Pigeons

(from The New York Times)

You know how when pigeons are on the ground walking, they invariably do the head-bob with each step, making you (me) wonder how they get by for so long without having mush for brains, worse than they already do?

Would you like to know what I have really wanted to do for a while now, especially being in yet another European city where they run rampant?

I want to do an experiment where one puts a small brace on a pigeon's head, and then see if it can keep walking or not. Nothing to hurt the poor, stupid beast, mind you. Just enough to see if the two factors are linked -- and if so, to what degree.

Oh, I've so been wanting to try.