Nikola Tesla and Pigeons

It is a known fact that Tesla had a great love for pigeons. In the last years of his life, when he worked less and less due to illness, old age and fatigue, he was able to devote himself to his pets.

Many New Yorkers noticed a white-haired, thin old man of above-average height feeding pigeons with beet seeds or corn kernels in the parks and streets of the city, calling to them gently. Seeing that this old man did not wish them harm, the birds approached him freely they often landed on the shoulders.

Passers-by observed with amazement the company of man and birds, wondering who this unusual old man was. Probably no one recognized Nikola Tesla in him, who at that time, quite unfairly, was already forgotten.

However, Tesla's association with birds did not end only on the street, but also continued in the hotel room, where he cared for his sick pets, and left food on the window for the healthy ones.

While he was famous and had money, hotel managements put up with this hobby of his. When he ran out of money and was forgotten, the management forced him out of their buildings, so he was forced to change the hotels where he lived often.

Finally, he was received by the modest hotel "New Yorker", whose management understood his passion.

In the room of that hotel, Tesla died, on January 7, 1943, alone, in the company of his pigeons, who, despite the fact that he had done so much for the world, were the only ones who represented his company in the last years of his life.