[vsnf]

In my understanding feral is a domesticated creature that has found it self adapting back to the wild, while a wild creature was never domesticated at all. How can pigeons be feral?

[tomrod]

Pigeons are domesticated doves. Humans have used them for meat and, if memory serves, communication for a long time.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral_pigeon

[jimnotgym]

Some pigeons are domesticated doves, the kind of pigeons you see in town.

Wood pigeons are wild and distinctly different from town pigeons.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_wood_pigeon

[delecti]

Multiple types of Pigeons(/doves) have been domesticated through history. The pigeons most people are familiar with in big cities are feral domesticated rock doves.