pigeons pooping profusely

[AspenMama]

The pigeons have arrived and made their home in a cosy nook just under the first angle of my roof-- a family of brown and a family of red. At first, I thought the cooing was cute. Now, having spent several hours hosing and then scrubbing off pigeon poop-- several weekends now, I'm ready to say, without further ado, I don't like pigeons. Yesterday, with some male assistance, I placed two large plastic owls with glowing red eyes near their two favorite nesting spots, and my boyfriend added an uncomfortable looking bed of nails to the ledge behind where they have made the front of my house their toliet. This morning, as I was leaving for work, I noted that the pigeons have opted not to sleep on the bed of nails, although there was a plop of poop again where I had hosed off the day before-- and a contingent of birds sitting higher up on my roof. :glare: Does anyone else have any humane solutions for me? This is what I get for buying a mountain lodge style home.

Perhaps a real pet owl who's hungry for some fowl creatures?

[Ex-zombie]

A friend used a rubber snake to scare pigeons away. He swears it works.

[dave_a]

pigeons are birds of habit, if you can interupt their habit, they will make a habit of going elsewhere. You are on the right track with the nails, owls etc., but if that doesn't work you can go spray them with the hose. Of course this assumes you are going to be around when they are hanging out.

An alternative which costs a few bucks is a motion sensor activated sprinkler. Many a cat has been trained not to go in the garden with these ingenious devices and I would think it would work for the pigeons, but never tried that.

You can also look at some items designed as bird deterents here:http://www.critterridders.com/birds.htm

[AspenMama]

A friend used a rubber snake to scare pigeons away. He swears it works.
Did he put it up in their roosting area? That sounds easy enough to try.

[AspenMama]

pigeons are birds of habit, if you can interupt their habit, they will make a habit of going elsewhere. You are on the right track with the nails, owls etc., but if that doesn't work you can go spray them with the hose. Of course this assumes you are going to be around when they are hanging out.
Thanks-- but those birds came back and seemingly cared little about the bed of nails, although it looked as though there was a splotch of blood on my driveway this evening. They don't care about being sprayed with water. My boyfriend tried that-- they just sat there.

An alternative which costs a few bucks is a motion sensor activated sprinkler. Many a cat has been trained not to go in the garden with these ingenious devices and I would think it would work for the pigeons, but never tried that.

You can also look at some items designed as bird deterents here:http://www.critterridders.com/birds.htm

Wow those sound devices are expensive! Thanks for the link-- perhaps I can try something not quite so pricey.

[Scotty]

http://www.critterridders.com/birdlite.htm

$210.00!!!!!

For a light blub and a spinning disk.

That is inhumane treatment to the allmighty dollar.

-Scott

[Dingfod]

A motion detector triggered .410 shotgun should do the trick. [Not advisable and perhaps illegal--Ed.] Squab, anyone?

I've heard that strips of aluminum (aluminium for the UK folk) foil dangling in the breeze would keep those pesky flying rats away. Maybe some nice blue satin panties would do the same? hehe

[AspenMama]

I'll try the foil-- and the snake. The blue panties stay where they are. :P (Till my boyfriend's back).

[Gawen]

I'll try the foil-- and the snake. The blue panties stay where they are. :P (Till my boyfriend's back).Oh...how cute. Your boyfriend wears the same undies you do....


*tryin not to laugh*