This is probably the one inside Prudential Center. Some house sparrows are constantly INSIDE the attached arcade. Apparently it's not just for shelter...
Today's survey: I want to rub and pet it!: - Misty - Ran-shama - Momiji momimomi - Ruffle Yukarin's hair - Hijirin's boo (yeah, that last one isn't a typo)
I drew it a little too big in the comic, but it really was bigger than Japanese sparrows. Its patterning was a little different too, and the top of its head was grayish. It was really used to humans. Though it didn't let me pet it, of course! :-)
Reader-added tags include "The well-known 'TNTN' in panel 3", "Give me Food! TNTN" (in English), "TNTN" (I think they liked that part), and "Foreign Mysty".
The poll today is:
I want to cuddle—cuddle! • Mysty • Ran-shama • Squeezy-squeezy on Momiji • Tousle-tousle Yukarin's hair • Hijirin's boobies
That's a huge bird. There were a few of them out there, looking out for scraps. They must have con senses, so they can prey on the scraps of the masses. No wonder they were so big!
@Genichiro: As I mentioned, the sparrows are a constant presence in the Prudential Hall arcade that lets out towards the Copley Hotel--that's the arcade with all the plants, after all. When there's no convention, they probably get scraps from the food court. I know I've seen them there on occasion.
Okay folks, today's events roughly cover the period of http://youtu.be/fyfApIvg56E, http://youtu.be/ILHRjGhCtPU, and http://youtu.be/NSNE1cQpViA. We actually ended up at the Starbucks on Newbury Street, because initially I thought "oh we'll find something on Boylston Street (street directly in front of convention center/hotel) then went "oh wait, I bet there will be lots of neat little local coffee shops open on Newbury Street" (kind of boutique-y street one street away), and made poor Reddyne run off repeatedly to go scout. NOPE.jpg. And thus we ended up at whatever we could find, which was the Starbucks.
Anyway, sadly, I didn't have the camera running when the XBOXHUEG pigeon (or sparrow, I admit not being an ornithologist) came up and landed. It really was just kinda walking around completely unafraid of people walking by or anything. Clearly it knew what was up.
I was wondering if you can tag Byakuren into the coffee cup... The overhead symbols and the green blob kinda silhouette her image.
Edit: Whoops, nevermind, kinda saw it on the last minute. Either way though: Really, was the bird THAT big? Geez, even Californian sparrows aren't exactly up to par to it then. O-o;