Comments on: Too much of a good thing

By: Kate St. John

Kate St. John — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:44:11 +0000

Sad to say, Sarah, those pigeon control methods won’t really solve the problem and could hurt other birds. Especially beware of sticky stuff! Bad for the building and the birds.

Food supply is the cause of pigeon overpopulation and it’s the solution.

I used to have pigeons at my backyard feeders who perched on my roof. I did two things to solve this:
1) I put screens over my chimney – they’d been nesting inside it. This didn’t get rid of the nests in my neighbors’ chimneys but then…
2) I removed the food.

No pigeons! They’re nesting a few blocks away but they aren’t in my yard anymore even though I didn’t control nesting sites in my neighbors’ chimneys.

Control the food & the pigeons go away.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:27:22 +0000

http://www.AbsoluteBirdControl.com has all the answers to pigeon control and other bird pest problems. You can even buy online for those do-it-yourselfers.

By: Kate St. John

Kate St. John — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:18:51 +0000

I haven’t pitched this to the city but I mentioned it yesterday to a friend in Public Works.

Yes, it could be done – but I know that to really make it happen takes the dedication of volunteers and/or an organization who make it a priority and keep it alive.

Examples of successes in this fashion, on topics other than pigeons, are the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy and Friends of the Pittsburgh Urban Forest.

I’m hoping some of my readers will be inspired!

By: Kristen

Kristen — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:11:15 +0000

I worked downtown for a number of years. It always killed me to see people sitting right under the “do not feed the pigeons” signs with a loaf of stale bread or a bag of bird seed. I can certainly understand the desire to feed birds (and have been guilty of occasionally tossing something to the seagulls at my usual rest stop on I-90) but, as you eloquently point out, pigeons are doing just fine without extra helpings! I do like the European idea, have you pitched this to the city? I’d be happy to sign on!

By: Janice Andrews

Janice Andrews — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:40:16 +0000

Thanks for another great blog post…I like how you not only bring up a current problem, but offer solutions…too many people just dwell on all the negatives which depresses me to the point that I feel helpless in changing the situation. Keep up the level-headed posts!