
I potty-trained my pet pigeon — now I treat her to NYC’s finest restaurants, cool parties and Uber rides
NY Post
A bird in the handbag is worth two in the bush — just ask this posh pigeon mama.
While the Paris Hiltons and Justin Biebers of the world are well known for carting their precious puppies around in pricey luxe label totes, Abby Jardine’s pocketbook is full of feathers instead.
“If I want to go out for drinks or dinner with friends, I just put her in my bag and she’s down to roll,” Jardine, 26, a party products developer from Brooklyn, told The Post of her pet pigeon, Pidge. “She’s super social and super chill, so we’ve never been kicked out of any bars or restaurants.”
The bougie bird keeper has sent over 2.2 million folks flocking to TikTok for sights of her viral “Purse Pigeon” series, featuring clips of Pidge being transported from NYC hotspot to hotshot in a crème-colored leather carryall. The unlikely twosome typically spends nights out on the town grabbing martinis, catching Ubers and hitting up intimate soirees.
“[I’m] just out here making pigeon propaganda until their bad PR improves,” Jardine penned in the caption of a buzzy post starring her little — and literal — wing-woman, whom she rescued from certain death in May 2023.
“I found her scared and alone by some trash near my apartment at 3 weeks old,” the animal-adoring Gen Zer told The Post. “She was just a baby, couldn’t fly and shouldn’t have been out of the nest.”