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Many would say 60,000 “flying rats”, or pigeons, as they’re more commonly known, swooping and scavenging around Melbourne’s laneways and lunch spots was more than enough. But as winter really hits, our feathery population has increased by a further 200 immigrants. Thanks to artist Omega Goodwin and his Pigeons of Melbourne project, a host of pink fibreglass pigeons have come to roost on the city trees with the aim of inspiring some optimism in us sombre Melburnians. "In America, some prisons paint the cells pink to make the inmates happier and I've heard of gridiron teams painting their changing rooms pink to relax opposition players before games.” Goodwin explains, “I'm hoping the pink pigeons will have the same effect."