About Philly Pigeon Tours
Our story
Philly Pigeon Tours was started by Aspen Simone and HM Brower.
A few years ago, they adopted their pet pigeon Primrose — long story, you’ll hear it on the tour — and they became quite interested in pigeons.
They put together Philly Pigeon Tours to help people see "the pigeon layer", the world of pigeons that we mostly ignore as we go about our lives.
They hope that, after a Pigeon Tour, you won’t see pigeons the same way again.
Primrose the pigeon. Photo by Aspen Simone
Our team
Hannah Michelle (“HM”) Brower
Hannah Michelle (she/her) is a co-founder of Philly Pigeon Tours.
A lifelong birder, HM got her start in nature education during high school at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, and holds a Master of Science in Epidemiology from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She also teaches about bugs with Insectopia, and is presently working towards a professional certificate in restorative justice through Suffolk University.
Aspen Simone
Aspen (they/them) is a co-founder of Philly Pigeon Tours.
Aspen has a decade-plus career in civic technology, working for municipal, state, and federal agencies, as well as private-sector civic startups. They hold a Bachelor’s in Geography from Dartmouth — spanning natural and urban geography — as well as a Master’s in Conflict Resolution from UMass Boston.