Pigeon Wars

"For 10 days this August,a fresh-faced 41-year-old named Jeffrey Traill trolled Hollywood in his Honda, videotaping pigeons. Pigeons lined the ArcLight theaters near the Walk of Fame, commandeered the roof at Big Lots!, perched along power lines like stolid chess pieces. ''Pigeons,'' Traill says in his video, shakily framing one roost. ''Pigeons,'' he says again, wrenching his camera toward another. The effect is nauseating. ''Over there,'' he says. ''Over there. Over there.'' "