‘Pigeon Lady’ from Home Alone 2 made tragic admission years after film

Home Alone's 'pigeon lady' Brenda Fricker says she's spending Christmas alone

Facts About the Pigeons — Then vs. Now: 🕊️In Home Alone 2, the “Pigeon Lady” scenes were filmed using trained pigeons that were conditioned to land on the actors safely. 🕊️During filming, over 300 pigeons were used, and the crew had to spray the actors’ coats with birdseed and honey to make the pigeons sit still. 🕊️Today, Grand Army Plaza and Central Park still have large pigeon flocks, but NYC has strict rules about not feeding them — mostly because it attracts huge crowds of birds. 🕊️Despi