by Pigeon Patrol | Mar 3, 2016 | Bird Netting, Pigeon Spikes, UltraSonic Bird Control
Weathered residents of Cherryville are mucking up Main Street, and city leaders are looking to curb the problem.
The solution is in the feed.
City Council members recently discussed giving birth control to pigeons.
“Within a year, the pigeon population is diminished through attrition,” Cherryville City Manager Ben Blackburn said.
There are two groups of pigeons living along Main Street, Cherryville Mayor H.L. Beam said.
The birds leave droppings on the sidewalk, cause an odor and destroy property, he said.
The city’s historical museum had significant damage when pigeons came in through a broken window and started to roost, he said.
Beam has worked along Main Street for decades. He remembers one business owner arming himself to take care of the pigeon population years ago.
Beam remembers working late one night and hearing, “Pow, pow, pow.” A fellow businessman tried to eliminate the birds by shooting them, Beam said.
Someone else used poison, but watching birds die on the sidewalks wasn’t something people wanted to see, Beam said.
Blackburn said the city once looked to owls to eliminate the pigeons, but that didn’t work either.
Council members discussed the special bird food during a work session this week.
If the plan is approved at the next council meeting, two bird feeders will be placed on either side of Main Street.
The initial setup will cost about $5,000.
Food would cost about $2,000 each year after.
Within three to five years, the pigeons should be gone from Cherryville, Beam said.
The idea of pigeon elimination came from the city’s Small Town Main Street program.
Through the state initiative, the city has been making improvements to revitalize the downtown area.
Façade grants have been offered. Murals are being restored, and outdoor furniture is being installed.
Some might say pigeons are part of an urban landscape. Beam says they’re a nuisance, and they are residents he wouldn’t mind seeing leave Cherryville.
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by Pigeon Patrol | Mar 2, 2016 | 4-S Gel Bird repellent, Animal Deterrent Products, Bird Netting
A PLYMOUTH man says his day was ruined when an army of more than 100 seagulls and pigeons suddenly swarmed on his car and started pooing all over it.
Arnold Barnes said he was enjoying a visit to Devils Point with his wife when the incident happened.
Mr Barnes, from Crownhill, blames two women who brought carrier bags full of food to feed the hungry birds.
He said “at least 100 seagulls and pigeons” immediately flocked to the shoreline and pooed on cars so badly that some motorists sped off to avoid them.
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by Pigeon Patrol | Mar 1, 2016 | Bird Netting, Pigeon Patrol's Services, Pigeon Spikes
WHITBY — Columnist Margaret Carney. July 18, 2012
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Residents of a Queens neighborhood said they’ve had enough of the pigeon problem that’s left their street a disgusting mess, but they don’t know who to ask for help.
As CBS2’s Steve Langford reported, residents turned to CBS2’s Facebook Page, saying the pigeons have taken over a house with droppings covering the sidewalk, forcing people to walk on the street, and stinking up the neighborhood.
“This looks like another episode of the Birds, Alfred Hitchcock, it’s kind of scary,” one resident said.
The scene on Parsons Boulevard in Flushing evoked comparisons to a horror movie from a half century ago, and other foul concerns.
“I had the unfortunate experience of being hit by a couple of them,” Mirana Zuger said.
Neighbors complained that pigeons have been crowding the power line in front of one home every day.
One woman did wax philosophical about the birds.
“I think every living being has a right to live,” she said.
But do they have to live here? Some locals asked.
“This thing is disgusting cause it smells especially when it gets very hot, humid, smells,” Louis Sarmiento said.
The sidewalk has practically been repaved with pigeon droppings. Complaints to the occupant have not gone well a neighbor said.
“They called the police, they called the police,” she said.
CBS2 left for a few minutes and returned to find that someone had dumped a bunch of rice on the sidewalk.
“No, have you seen me feeding the pigeons?,” she said.
As for the pigeon droppings all over the sidewalk, the resident said it’s the city’s responsibility to clean it up.
When asked why the pigeons where there, she had a beaut of a response.
“Ask the pigeons.”
Some neighbors said it’s her horror film, or comedy.
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by Pigeon Patrol | Feb 29, 2016 | Bird Netting, Pigeon Spikes, Pigeons in the News
CHILLICOTHE – A downtown building owner has reached out to city officials in hopes they will take action to deal with pigeons in the area, although one city councilwoman says the issue appears to be one that won’t be solved anytime soon.
Cam Shipley, who owns the structure known as the Warner Hotel that spans from 27-37 N. Paint St., approached city officials earlier this week about his concerns about pigeons in the area. He said he wants an ordinance drafted because he isn’t permitted to kill the birds and referred to them as being “a real health issue.”
Shipley said he has tried to deter pigeons through various means, including noisemakers, chemicals being sprayed and plastic owls being displayed. Shipley addressed a city committee on Monday about the issue.
“The fact that they’re even talking about it is interesting because you’re going to find that there are animal activists that say, ‘No, you shouldn’t kill anything’ and I agree, I agree with it, but they don’t have the problems we have and they don’t have the serious health issues from the droppings that are all over the building all over town,” Shipley said.
Currently, Shipley has a net above his building to deter the birds and believes once the Carlisle Building opens for business later this fall, pigeons will be a problem there as well. Shipley is also considering an electrical deterrent on the building, adding that he is looking at other alternatives in the meantime and hopes the city will take some action on the matter in the next year or two.
Still, he stressed that he thinks downtown Chillicothe has a bright future ahead of itself and thinks pigeons continue to be an issue until some solution is found to control them. Bob Etling, who owns a building located on West Second Street, is in favor of controlling pigeons and suggested having a few hawks in the downtown area to get rid of them.
“That’s the natural solution,” Etling said.
But City Councilwoman Beth Neal said she thinks the pigeon issue won’t go away anytime soon.
She said officials will explore what has worked in other locations to deal with pigeons, but stressed that it appears there isn’t much the city can do in the meantime.
“It’s an ongoing problem that will never be solved and all we can do is try to find a humane way to control the pigeons, to make sure we’re not doing anything to encourage them to roost there,” Neal said. “Our goal is to see how we can help downtown building owners. It’s not a problem we’re going to resolve.”
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by Pigeon Patrol | Feb 28, 2016 | Bird Deterrent Products, Bird Netting, UltraSonic Bird Control
The GAA has introduced a new form of Hawk-Eye at Croke Park in a bid to keep pigeons away.
Gus, a two-year-old harris hawk, has been brought in to ward off the birds after flocks invaded the pitch during recent hurling and football matches.
“I haven’t had a serious conversation about it,” Peter McKenna, Croke Park’s stadium director, said. “Everyone seems to think it’s very funny that the GAA is hiring a bird,
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