Pigeon Control

[Chorizo]

Originally Posted by azdr0710

Chorizo: have you noticed any decrease in pigeon activity lately (last several days)?....I have.....fewer pigeons walking across my skylight above my desk, less coo-ing heard, and a neighbor thinks so, too

going to go up on the roof later and see how it's all looking...the latest efforts have been additional "bird glue" (the caulk gun stuff) along parapets, actively throwing away nests, eggs, and chicks, and WD-40 (but only in one small area).....

it's been a multi-year battle...........

I've noticed no change, other than the area on the ground that keeps getting poo'd on has shifted a few feet over, to now be located right in front of my door.

Originally Posted by Bummer

That's weird, Chorizo . . . I noticed an immediate improvement with just 4 Spinning CDs.

I put three of them up. I went out and shooed them off with a broom like I normally do. Hung the CDs and went back inside. Within minutes I heard them fly back (like they normally do) and this time they were going nuts making sounds. I think it pissed them off. The next day - it was back to pigeon central like normal.

Originally Posted by jaada

the humane way i have heard is to use wd 40, spray it where you dont want them to be and they wont come there, they dont like it. also i heard about using a foil on the spot you dont want them to be in, its got a name i cant remember what its called though. pigeon tape or something look it up.

I might try the WD-40 thing, but I am liking my GAU-8 method as pictured above the best.

(That is the cannon in the nose of the A-10 aircraft you see flying out of DM here)

[Marcy1210]

When doves (pigeons) nest, they don't leave the nest once the eggs are laid. The mama sits on the nest all night, and the dad sits on it all day. When one is on the nest, the other feeds it. Their hatching period is about 15 days after laying the eggs. If you've got empty nests with eggs or chicks in them, they aren't doves (pigeons) in all liklihood. If the birds are grey/brown with spots on them, they're mourning doves, which is what we have lots of up here in OV. They have red legs and walk like pigeons, but they're really doves.

This is mostly about attracting mourning doves, but it's helpful, I think:

Mourning Doves Mating, Nesting and Feeding habits

[Grannysroost]

Originally Posted by Marcy1210

When doves (pigeons) nest, they don't leave the nest once the eggs are laid. The mama sits on the nest all night, and the dad sits on it all day. When one is on the nest, the other feeds it. Their hatching period is about 15 days after laying the eggs. If you've got empty nests with eggs or chicks in them, they aren't doves (pigeons) in all liklihood. If the birds are grey/brown with spots on them, they're mourning doves, which is what we have lots of up here in OV. They have red legs and walk like pigeons, but they're really doves.

This is mostly about attracting mourning doves, but it's helpful, I think:

Mourning Doves Mating, Nesting and Feeding habits

We have a dove nest next door in a basket under a covered patio...If we walk over there...mama flutters away like wounded to get us to chase her...she leaves the chicks on a regular basis...for food I am sure...

[Marcy1210]

Originally Posted by Grannysroost

We have a dove nest next door in a basket under a covered patio...If we walk over there...mama flutters away like wounded to get us to chase her...she leaves the chicks on a regular basis...for food I am sure...

There's a good chance then that there is no male, and she's doing the single mom thing. They'll often leave the nest to distract "predators" human, or otherwise from their chicks or eggs if there's no dad to take over protection duties. That's pretty common. You see a lot of abandoned nests and chicks because of an absent parent. Mom can't do it all, apparently.