by Pigeon Patrol | Dec 4, 2015 | Bird Deterrent Products, Bird Netting, Pigeon Spikes, Pigeons in the News, UltraSonic Bird Control
AUGUSTA | As bids were being opened this week in the next phase of renovations to older parts of Augusta Independent School, officials were also being made aware of a support problem with the school clock tower.
And there is an issue with pigeons which had found a portal into the tower, leaving unsavory debris deposits, official said.
“There is screening in the tower to prevent birds from getting in but apparently there was a small opening on the clock that they used to get in,” said AIS Superintendent Lisa McCane. “There are literally buckets and buckets of bird feces that have to be properly removed.”
The cost of removal and other essential tower repairs will cut into the budget for the project, possibly delaying the replacement of interior doors on the oldest part of the school.
“The doors were the highest cost on the bid, because so many of them are different sizes,” she said. “We have a contingency amount built into the budget for the project so, depending on the cost, we should still be able to complete the entire project and the tower.”
Combined, the two phase project, which saw an old smoke stack demolished last week and roofs, windows, doors, lighting and tuck pointing yet to be done, is expected to cost around $1 million.
In order to finance both phases of the project, the AIS Board passed a resolution on June 17, relating to and providing for the issuance of $1.055 million principal amount, which may be increased 10 percent, of the school building revenue bonds, she said.
Trace Creek Construction was the successful bidder June 17, for future renovations, McCane said.
Trace Creek Construction provided the lowest cost bid at $357,000 including a $30,000 credit for extending the window delivery and installation schedule, she said.
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by Pigeon Patrol | Dec 2, 2015 | Bird Netting, Pigeon Patrol's Services, Pigeon Spikes, Pigeons in the News, UltraSonic Bird Control
If pigeons were half as smart as some people think, they’d be choosier about where they do their business.
And when people who aren’t much smarter than birds drop feed for them in the wrong places, everything under their perch is sure to be slathered with repulsive droppings.
Pigeons are thought to be pretty sharp. We googled “are pigeons smart?” and learned they can recognize all 26 letters in the alphabet and tell between a Van Gogh or Chagall painting, feats that are beyond many people.
They also have an unerring beak for an easy meal and flock by the hundreds to areas where well-intended dummies spread food for them, like the Finch GO station, at Yonge St. and Bishop Ave.
Robyn Collier sent us a note saying that someone is feeding pigeons around two covered bike racks at the GO station, also a terminal for VIVA buses.
“The two structures, which are meant to protect bicycles from the weather, are badly designed and provide a perfect place for pigeons to rest,” he said.
“The result is completely disgusting, with bicycles and racks covered with pigeon waste. But the real problem is the person that keeps leaving bread crumbs and cereal for the birds.
“This is visually repugnant, unhealthy and a dilemma for those who need to store their bikes while traveling on transit.”
Collier’s note included photos of bikes coated with droppings, and of bird seed and pieces of stale bread scattered near the bike racks.
We went there and found lots of bird seed, cereal and bread scattered around the bike racks, as though someone is trying to draw the birds to the covered area, so they’ll foul everything under it.
Some of the bikes look abandoned, and no wonder. Nobody would want to ride a bike that is coated in grey poop. But until GO gets serious about chasing off the bird feeder, the pigeons won’t flock off.
STATUS: Anne Marie Aikins, who deals with media for Metrolinx, which is responsible for GO, emailed to say it will be cleaned up immediately and any abandoned bikes will be removed. “Our cleaning contractor will monitor the situation. As part of our spring cleaning, it will be our first stop to do a really thorough cleanup. We will also install ‘Don’t Feed the Pigeons’ signs. And finally, our Transit Safety officers will conduct special patrols and monitoring in the hopes of preventing this.”
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by Pigeon Patrol | Nov 30, 2015 | Animal Deterrent Products, Bird Netting, Pigeon Spikes, UltraSonic Bird Control
New Delhi, March 27: A chip on a leg, a ring on the other and a blue scrawl on its white wing – Gujarat police are in a flap over the curious case of a fearless pigeon and have begun a probe.
A pigeon drinking water from a bowl on a Sintex tank near a jetty close to Dwarka has sparked a fair bit of panic on the Gujarat coast, and involved everyone from the police and the coast guard to the state Marine Police and the Forensic Science Laboratory in Gandhinagar.
News has even travelled up to the Union home ministry.
“It is to inform you that on 20 March 2015 about 1600 hours around five nautical miles from the shore of Salaya Essar jetty, which is under construction, one pigeon was found drinking water from the bowl under the syntax (sic) tank,” said a report sent by the Dwarka district SP to the additional director-general of police (anti-terrorist squad) in Ahmedabad on March 24.
Apparently, a security guard of Salaya Essar’s security wing spotted the bird and “he found that the pigeon was not afraid of him and not going away”. So he decided to catch hold of it.
The report said the pigeon had “a chip on one leg and a number 28733 ring on another leg”. There were also some “writings” on the wings of the pigeon in “Urdu/Arabic language”.
Suspicion aroused, the guard immediately informed his superior, and the duo decided to keep the pigeon with them for the time being.
The next day, they tipped off coast guard officials of nearby Vadinar and handed over the “suspect” for investigation. A day after that, the coast guard intimated the Vadinar Marine police station.
“The in-charge police officer made the station diary entry No. 12/2015 at 1215 hours and took charge of the pigeon, called up the FSL officer for further investigation and took out the ring and chip from legs of pigeon and sent it to the FSL Gandhinagar for further investigation,” the report said.
Forensic scientists on the job discovered that the chip had “BENJING DUAL” written on it. “By searching on Google, we found that it is used for pigeon race,” the report said.
“There is one word written on the wing of pigeon in blue writing in Urdu/Arabic language which means ‘Rasul-ul-Allah’ was also found out.”
Still suspicious, the police called in forest officers for their opinion. “Such pigeons are found mostly in northern part of India and used for race in foreign countries,” the report said.
“This is primary information we have and further investigation is going on,” the superintendent of police, district Devbhumi Dwarka, said. Copies have been sent to the IGP in charge of Gujarat’s coastal security and to the DIG of Rajkot range.
Would North Block follow up? Officials refused comment.
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by Pigeon Patrol | Nov 25, 2015 | Bird Deterrent Products, Bird Netting, Pigeon Spikes, Pigeons in the News, UltraSonic Bird Control
THE state of a pigeon-riddled empty shop has sparked an angry outburst.
PEST ANGER Barrow resident John Robinson is sick of pigeons leaving mess outside the former business premises of Warren James in Dalton Road, Barrow. Above: Pigeons leaving through a gap above the rundown shopfront
John Robinson has grown fed-up with the state of the former Warren James jewellers in Dalton Road, Barrow.
The birds can regularly be seen creeping in and out of the rotted fascia sign and their decaying droppings have become stubborn stains on the high street below.
Mr Robinson, 65, says it is blighting Dalton Road and says it is one of a number of grubby units in the town centre. Mr Robinson, of Highfield Road, said: “ I’ve got an industrial disease so can’t taste or smell, but in the sun, my wife tells me it stinks, and we’re expecting people to come into town?
“It’s not just that one shop, there’s quite a few and there’s pigeons in and out. We’ve got these naughty boys doing community service – buy a few power washers and get them cleaning the place up.
“There are about eight or 10 pigeons going in and out of that shop in Dalton Road; there are holes all over it and the sign has fallen on the floor. It’s absolutely disgusting. I’ve lived in Barrow all my life and it disheartens me to see the town centre like that. It’s been said to me that pigeons have got to be protected. Nonsense, feral pigeons are vermin.”
Town centre units are the responsibility of the property owners. Alan Barker, Barrow Borough Council’s streetcare manager, said: “We as a litter collection authority sweep the ground to the standard required, and that bit of Dalton Road gets swept 365 days a year, and then it’s on the continual sweep for the rest of the day.
“The council does not have a pavement scrubbing clause in the contract. The brushes will sweep most of it up but they won’t clean it as though there’s never been anything there. When it gets embedded, that becomes a Cumbria Highways issue.
“We had the same problem in Portland Walk recently (with the unit now occupied by the Sweet Emporium), and it’s other people’s responsibility that’s impacting on what we’re responsible for. It’s the building’s owner who needs to start taking responsibility. It does cause problems, but we can only do what we can with the money available.”
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by Pigeon Patrol | Nov 18, 2015 | 4-S Gel Bird repellent, Animal Deterrent Products, Bird Netting, Pigeons in the News, UltraSonic Bird Control
Seagulls in the Snow by Ron Hill
Two Gulls loving the snow in an Uckfield Garden !!!
Pigeons have been ruffling the feathers of more and more people in recent years.
Last year, the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) received 2,490 complaints about them – mostly about hygiene, environmental issues resulting from their droppings, and concerns over diseases and people feeding them.
There were 2,080 complaints in 2013 and 1,420 in 2012.
The increase has largely been attributed to AVA’s First Responder Protocol implemented in 2012, which includes a 24-hour hotline for reports of animal-related issues.
The Straits Times Forum has also received letters about pigeons pecking on food scraps at coffee shops and hawker centres.
Junior college student Ng J-Cyn said Ghim Moh market is a particular hot spot. Pigeons fly within “inches of diners to peck at crumbs or food waste on the floor”, said the 16-year-old, who is concerned about them spreading diseases. She added: “They also contribute to a very negative dining experience.”
Fellow Forum contributor, Ms Lee Kay Yan, 41, believes the pigeon population will explode unless people stop feeding them.
She said: “Three to five pigeons don’t cause a nuisance but a flock of them do.”
The feeding of pigeons has been banned since 1973 and those caught flouting the rules are fined up to $500. Last year, 60 people were caught doing it, up from just 10 in 2011.
One of the diseases pigeons can spread is psittacosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs with pneumonia-like symptoms.
The bacteria become airborne when the bird droppings dry up and can be inhaled by humans.
Dr Christina Low, medical director of SMG Medical, said thehealth risk to most people is low, although infants, the elderly and individuals who have low immunity “are more vulnerable”.
She advised people to wash their hands thoroughly before meals and reduce pigeon attacks by clearing unfinished food and dirty crockery.
The National Environment Agency (NEA) requires all food shop operators to clean tables promptly and cover rubbish bins. Those who fail to clean tables, for example, can be fined $300 and given four demerit points.
As for Ghim Moh market, the NEA said it has asked the table- cleaning contractor to step up the clearing of tables and crockery.
The agency added that it has so far received only one complaint about pigeons at the market.
Nationwide, it received 35 pigeon-related complaints last year and 36 the year before.
The AVA said it responds to pigeon-related feedback by working with the relevant parties, such as town councils and the NEA.
While poison bait is traditionally used for heavily infested areas that need fast elimination of the birds, a spokesman for pest firm Pest Solute said the use of netting at roof gaps, spikes or a type of sticky gel on window ledges to prevent the birds from nesting is more commonly used.
Food areas are a little trickier and need a combination of these measures, according to Ms Gloria Ngoi, business development manager at bird control firm Mastermark.
These methods, however, are not sustainable if people continue to feed the birds, said Forum writer Ms Lee.
“Preventive measures are better, through good design of buildings to prevent roosting and entry by birds.”
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by Pigeon Patrol | Nov 17, 2015 | Bird Deterrent Products, Bird Netting, Pigeon Patrol's Services, UltraSonic Bird Control
BEIRUT: Rats and pigeons will no longer be able to penetrate the grain silos at Beirut Port, Economy Minister Alain Hakim assured Monday after a visit to the facility.
But a photographer from The Daily Star witnessed pigeons feeding on wheat that was poured from the silos into the open beds of delivery trucks.
“The silos were insulated from rodents, birds and [everything that comes] from the port,” Hakim told reporters after his tour.
“The silos’ internal and external work has been improved.”
Hakim’s announcement came more than two months after Health Minister Wael Abu Faour toured the facility and said he discovered that “the Lebanese are sharing wheat with rats and pigeons.”
In Monday’s comments, Hakim said Abu Faour’s visit last December was “positive in terms of remarks,” but stressed that the rehabilitation work in the silos had begun six months earlier. He added that he was in close contact with the health minister over the silos file.
But the fact that pigeons are still accessing the wheat after it is transferred to delivery trucks indicates that the risk of contamination still remains high.
“This was an inspection visit, and we will visit the silos soon with Minister Abu Faour,” Hakim said.
He noted that there was a difference between the silos in question and the “well-closed bunkers” where grains are completely isolated.
Hakim highlighted the importance of insulating the silos as part of improving the provided services, and revealed that restoration work was being carried out by the facility’s workers under the direct supervision of qualified engineers.
“Let the Lebanese rest assured that Lebanese wheat is being handled by Lebanese hands,” he said.
“The wheat is fine and we are improving the spaces surrounding it,” the economy minister added.
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Pigeon Patrol Products & Services is the leading manufacturer and distributor of bird deterrent (control) products in Canada. Pigeon Patrol products have solved pest bird problems in industrial, commercial, and residential settings since 2000, by using safe and humane bird deterrents with only bird and animal friendly solutions. At Pigeon Patrol, we manufacture and offer a variety of bird deterrents, ranging from Ultra-flex Bird Spikes with UV protection, Bird Netting, 4-S Gel and the best Ultrasonic and audible sound devices on the market today.
Voted Best Canadian wholesaler for Bird Deterrent products four years in a row.
Contact Info: 1- 877– 4– NO-BIRD (www.pigeonpatrol.ca)
AUGUSTA | As bids were being opened this week in the next phase of renovations to older parts of Augusta Independent School, officials were also being made aware of a support problem with the school clock tower.
