Some in the flock of our newly nominated state bird, the pigeon, will fly away to other states at the threat of higher taxes and products.

That has been occurring for decades.

They may be the luckier ones, as they flee to avoid the new penalties Illinois Democrats are planning to place on the Illinois economy.

Or Illinois pigeons may act like the ones in Downtown Springfield did last year at the Old Capitol Art Fair.

About lunch time, a raptor decided it wanted a tasty pigeon. The flock flew thither and yon. My guess is that all but one escaped.

The rest felt safe enough to stay in Springfield for another year.