Actually I can add something interesting. As you know, one of my goals has been to try and associate seeing pigeons with becoming lucid again. In the last 3 out of 4 nights, I have been counting pigeons in my dreams. However this has not led to lucidity and reality checking in the dream yet. What do we think is going on here? I think perhaps I have been putting more importance on counting the pigeons accurately rather than reality checking in association. Any other interpretations?
Hopefully this will change very soon. I am now trying harder in reality to think of my lucid goals and reality check when seeing a pigeon (while continuing to count them as well) in waking life. This morning in the town I saw about 45 pigeons in the space of about 15 minutes, which made me quite happy.