Just at that moment, a Polish-speaking family stops. Phones are already ready for photos, and the man skillfully arranges the birds – one pigeon lands on the shoulder, another on the head. It seems the birds know their job perfectly.
As soon as the man touches one of the pigeon’s legs, it instantly takes off and lands on the customer. After a few moments, the owner just as skillfully returns the birds to the stand, where grains are scattered, and there is water nearby if they get thirsty. There, the rest of the white flock patiently waits for them.
I start a conversation with the man in Lithuanian.
“I don’t understand anything. I am from Ukraine,” he replies.
Recalling some remnants of Russian, I try to talk to the man. It turns out it is more than enough.
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“How did you manage to train them to listen so well?” I ask.
“I’ve been doing it since they were little. Look – this little one, he is only two months old. Still quite a baby,” says the man, named Aliaksandras, smiling as he shows one of his feathered friends.
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