The Pigeon Man
Dr. G.R. Enright Jr. is a man of many talents: an engineer, trial lawyer, hot-air balloonist, magician, and inventor. His primary mission in life, however, is pigeon rescue The Pigeon Man. Photo Originally published Jan. 16, 2003 A few months ago, a customer came into Trader Joe’s in Redondo’s Riviera Village and alerted the manager on duty that a pigeon had been badly injured in the parking lot. She thought maybe a car had run over the bird. Assistant manager Billy Brandon immediately phoned the only person he knew who would help. Dr. G.R. Enright, Jr., better known as “Red,” was on the scene in minutes. The bird was convulsing, the pupils of its eyes were shrunken to a pinpoint, and its belly had the telltale bulge of a recent meal. It had been poisoned, Enright knew instantly, most likely with a seed mixture containing the chemical Avitrol. “It’s a very strong nerve poison,” Enright said. “The birds die of multiple heart attacks. It’s the most painful death imaginable.” Enright asked for something sharp, and Brandon produced a box-cutter. They set up an operating table right there in the parking lot. Enright opened up the bird’s crop and cleaned out the poison birdseed with…
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