Pigeons. They're all around in the city. Most often they are considered a nuisance. For their poop. For their nesting. Even just for their mere presence. Being just there in front of your feet, your bike, your car. Occupying space that you want to use. However, what if we were to consider them legitimate users of public space, with a right of their own to use it. And what if we consider them as participants of the public realm, even activists? Claiming and reclaiming public space by being present, obstinate, there-as-pigeons. More than a play of words, we could say that they are pigeoning the streets – parallel to the 'picnic the streets' event that initiated and brought forth the project for the Boulevard Anspach to become the 'pietonnier', a pedestrian area. Pigeons as participants and/or activists of public space, what can this imply? Where could it lead us to? A first thing where this could lead us to is the mere fact of acknowledging that they also have the right to be users of the city. That they have a legitimate right of being there. It follows that we perhaps must consider how we want to share the city. Both from our point of view (that of the human users) and their's (that of the pigeons). Once we accept this right, we can begin to (re)negiotiate how just we want to be living together. Because, of course, it is not about just doing what you want. A second thing where this could lead to, is to perhaps find ways for the pigeons participation to public space to be made visible, channelled, or even augmented. If they like to picnic in the streets, can't we build stuff so they can do so more orderly, neat and tidy? Or make them smart citizens by attaching sensors to them, so they can gather data on air quality for instance, all over the city? We would appreciate their being around differently, I guess!