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A problem of pigeons
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Alright. So, I live in a fifth-floor condo, and our balcony has been overrun by pigeons. Apparently the place was empty for 8 months before my roommate bought it in August, so I guess they took a liking to an empty balcony. In any case, it's bad enough that there's birdshit all over the balcony and our patio furniture and our barbeque, they're making their little cooing pigeon sounds at all hours of the day, and they've really pissing me off. In fact, a couple days ago I discovered that they had made a nest behind the propane tank underneath our barbeque, and had laid two eggs. I am not ashamed to say that those eggs were "disposed of" rather quickly.
But, how do I get rid of the pigeons? I've been considering just killing them outright, but I don't know how well that would go over with other people/municipal regulations (I haven't checked to see if it's outlawed, but who knows?). I don't have a gun (or an airgun). I thought about rat poison, but that's actually kind of hard to find nowadays (I checked some local stores with no success...I know our city has banned pesticides and whatnot, so I don't know if it's outlawed as well?). Rat traps might be a little ugly/awkward... you know, visions of pigeons with rat traps attached to their mangled legs hopelessly fluttering on the sidewalks outside as little old ladies gasp and faint.
Our balconies are all cement, so putting up a net wouldn't be easy, and we didn't want to be doing that anyway. I've seen some people put fake owls or other birds of prey on their balconies, ostensibly to keep pigeons away I suppose... but I don't know how well that works in practice.
Anyone have any good ideas? Creativity is encouraged....
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I don't know about over there, but here in the UK we have things called "cats". Try one of those if you can get hold of one. Import one if you can't get them in your country.
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Been inclined to wander... off the beaten track.
That's where there's thunder... and the wind shouts back.
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Originally Posted by Doofy
I don't know about over there, but here in the UK we have things called "cats". Try one of those if you can get hold of one. Import one if you can't get them in your country.
Then why do you have so many ugly birds over there?
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Pets aren't an option in our building. Besides, it's a balcony thing; a cat probably wouldn't be hanging around out there anyway.
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Originally Posted by BlueSky
Then why do you have so many ugly birds over there?
hahahaha
Good call.
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Learn to enjoy eating squab?
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An attractive urban scarecrow.
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Originally Posted by SpaceMonkey
An attractive urban scarecrow.
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Whoa, Helena Bonham Carter? That is one unattractive picture, dayum.
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Originally Posted by ShortcutToMoncton
Whoa, Helena Bonham Carter? That is one unattractive picture, dayum.
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Or maybe he was referring to the dude she is with? He has a pretty scarecrow-ish blank stare.
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Can you take a picture of the balcony so we can see what might be possible?
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Fake owl? Real owl?
Fake snakes? Real snakes?
Pee on the balcony? Poisoned bread?
I got nuttin'.
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I should look into importing real owls, yeah...that would be total rock.
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What you could do is put a bear out there, that bear would kill all of the pigeons for you!
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Originally Posted by - - e r i k - -
Do you have the "after" picture?
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Do those dummy owls work?
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Originally Posted by KeriVit
Where's olePigeon?
Maybe OwlBoy got him.
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Well the pigeon spikes seem like a good idea in theory, but the problem is, you know, we kinda want to be able to enjoy our balcony without worrying about impaling ourselves on the railing.
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Put bird seed on all of your neighbors' balconies?
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We had a pigeon problem in some flower pots on our patio. They kept coming in and nesting in them...
Someone told us to put moth balls in the flower pots, and sure enough, the birds wouldn't land there any more. Maybe you can place them around the balcony (or fricken throw them up there) and see if that helps...
Otherwise, I like the orange owl basketball looking thing above...
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Man, mothballs? That's a killer idea if it works!
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Originally Posted by Eriamjh
Poisoned bread?
All the world seems in tune on a Spring afternoon when you're....
POISONING pigeons in the park....
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Life is like a clay pigeon -- sooner or later, someone is going to shoot you down and even if they miss you'll still wind up shattered and broken in the end.
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What would happen if a human ate a mothball? I've always been compelled to become the first man on Earth to eat one.
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First you'll have to pry those tiny legs apart and pluck one out.
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I think BlueSky is talking about MOTH TESTICLES!
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Well, yes, what were you talking about?
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I don't know what I'm talking about.
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