Lionheart
June 15th, 2009, 13:59
Hey guys,
I have been having a battle here with pigeons. I feed the little birds, and now and then, planting new grass seed.
But Ive had to put up thistle seed socks (bags of very thin black seed that small birds like, and can each it through the cloth bags that hang on trees), and a cage like hanging thing with a plate in it that I put small bird seed in (for finches, very fine seed), to keep the pigeons from eating their food. But, still, I'll come out in the early mornings to let the dogs out and find about 40 pigeons back there, no sparrows, no finches. And...! (and) about 2 giant fat pigeons in the hanging cage! (they barely fit, shoulder to shoulder).
I have hung up CD's from tree limbs, I have hung up strings of foil banner tapes (red, white, blue, silver), I purchased a large plastic owl with eyes that creep out my little dog that likes to go after birds... Nothing works..
Well, today at Home Depot, I found a remote control keychain fob that comes with a small white box with an antennae, (something from James Bond). Bing! I get an idea.
I get home, plug the white box into the outdoors socket. Then plug in an extension cord to that, run it to the area where I have grass seed planted, and got out the weed blower and put it on the ground, directed at the path of the 'landing zone'. I then plugged everything in, tested, works great! And I can manage it from my office window, totally remote control.
Now when I see the shadows of dropping mini fuselages against my window, I zap the remote, listen for the loud, massive whale of the weed blower, and look for the 'rapidly ascending' pigeons that are all in 'emergency go around' manuveres, heh heh...
I had heard of a sensor operated sprinkler that you hook up to your waterhose. It comes on to scare away small pets and birds from your lawn. There is also one that has a blow horn instead. (Saves water). But I couldnt find any on this side of town. I will be keeping an eye out for that though...
The pigeons are all going to have high blood pressure and bad bowel problems in about a week, lol... Probably all have gray feathers in 2 weeks...
Bill
I have been having a battle here with pigeons. I feed the little birds, and now and then, planting new grass seed.
But Ive had to put up thistle seed socks (bags of very thin black seed that small birds like, and can each it through the cloth bags that hang on trees), and a cage like hanging thing with a plate in it that I put small bird seed in (for finches, very fine seed), to keep the pigeons from eating their food. But, still, I'll come out in the early mornings to let the dogs out and find about 40 pigeons back there, no sparrows, no finches. And...! (and) about 2 giant fat pigeons in the hanging cage! (they barely fit, shoulder to shoulder).
I have hung up CD's from tree limbs, I have hung up strings of foil banner tapes (red, white, blue, silver), I purchased a large plastic owl with eyes that creep out my little dog that likes to go after birds... Nothing works..
Well, today at Home Depot, I found a remote control keychain fob that comes with a small white box with an antennae, (something from James Bond). Bing! I get an idea.
I get home, plug the white box into the outdoors socket. Then plug in an extension cord to that, run it to the area where I have grass seed planted, and got out the weed blower and put it on the ground, directed at the path of the 'landing zone'. I then plugged everything in, tested, works great! And I can manage it from my office window, totally remote control.
Now when I see the shadows of dropping mini fuselages against my window, I zap the remote, listen for the loud, massive whale of the weed blower, and look for the 'rapidly ascending' pigeons that are all in 'emergency go around' manuveres, heh heh...
I had heard of a sensor operated sprinkler that you hook up to your waterhose. It comes on to scare away small pets and birds from your lawn. There is also one that has a blow horn instead. (Saves water). But I couldnt find any on this side of town. I will be keeping an eye out for that though...
The pigeons are all going to have high blood pressure and bad bowel problems in about a week, lol... Probably all have gray feathers in 2 weeks...
Bill