A Delta Air Lines flight was delayed twice on Saturday after two pigeons caused chaos onboard. The first bird began flying around the cabin shortly after boarding, prompting the aircraft to return to the gate. Ground crew removed it, but as the plane taxied out for takeoff, a second pigeon took flight, forcing the flight back once again.

Pigeons try to hitch a ride on board a flight to Madison, Wisconsin Saturday. Two pigeons had to be caught and removed from Delta Flight 2348 before it even left Minneapolis-Saint Paul Airport. One of the pigeons was reportedly caught by baggage handlers before the flight began its taxi only for a second to pop up shortly after.

In the center of Springfield on Tower Square Park, three giant pigeons stalk a can of Campbell’s soup. The art installation is by Quebec-based artists, Cooke and Sasseville. Their work is seen here Thursday. (Douglas Hook / The Republican) Douglas Hook

Pigeons infiltrated the cabin of the Delta flight. Instagram/@cawtom The pigeon, which was eventually captured, was second of two that emerged on the Wisconsin-bound plane at Minneapolis-Saint ...

Two pigeons decided to save a little energy and time and fly to Wisconsin to see friends, just not under their own power.

Visual deterrents are another option— placing a decoy crow, a natural predator of pigeons, often works well. Other simple alternatives include hanging CDs, aluminum foil, or colorful ribbons. These methods are practical and don’t cause harm to the birds.

"Then I went to sit down and I overheard a passenger come up to the flight attendant who was standing right by where I was, and she said, 'I think there's a pigeon on this plane.'" According to Caw, the pigeon was walking underneath the seats;

A 70-year-old Indian-origin woman, Sanmugamnathan Shamla, was fined SGD 1,200 (approximately Rs 80,000) in Singapore for repeatedly feeding wild pigeons despite multiple warnings. She also allegedly disrupted a pigeon trapping exercise by chasing the birds away.