Damn pigeons
 

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After seven years of leaving my motor in the same place why have pigeons elected to perch and poo here? With apologies to any Pigeon Protection Society my answer, hopefully solution, is:

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That'll larn 'em.:} Unfortunately for me I'd need to add a 6' x 4' Indian Fakir's bed onto the roof of mine to stop the seagulls. I'm just researching how to keep cats off the roof of the convertible. And why do spiders love to hide in powerfold's?:shrug: At least no rats have chewed through the wiring in my Tesla, mainly 'cos ever owning one is as likely as ( please fill in your appropriate thought) :D

Errrrrrrrrrrr ...... winning the lottery ! :shrug:

That works for sure.

I have to say, with less footfall and fewer "chipsharers" in the Great Yarmouth marketplace, there has been a lot less poop this year in East Norfolk!:D

I have exactly the same problem, in my case the trees have grown all round our little car park so now there is nowhere for the grey beast to avoid the brutes. To add insult to injury its multi coloured and in full sun so sticks like the proverbial ****. Am hoping for a 12 bore for xmas so I can stop the bi-weekly car wash.

I live in an avenue with a very large silver birch right outside my house that either the ZT or Micra has to park under that's the local flying rats preferred perch.

You very swiftly loose your love of our larger feathered friends under such circumstances.

We have a big problem with seagulls bombing from a great height but it only seems to be my car they hit whether its parked on the drive or on the road.

I don't suppose anyone knows the rules about keeping a sparrow-hawk ;).

I think it's Lichfield that has someone who has them come along and erm... persuade.... :D the pigeons to leave the shopping area.

As for getting their mess off, start with some kitchen roll soaked in warm water and leave for a while. Then rinse away. Don't be tempted to try and scrub it off dry and try not to leave it for days and days as it will etch into the paint.

Andy.

That's because the flying beach rats have moved to South Norfolk :mad::devil::mad:

When we moved into our village in '64, what pigeons there were lived as a group in the church belfry and bothered nobody. Today, they live amongst us like vermin (which they are IMO). They've displaced a lot of the traditional garden birds, so things like a thrush singing on my roof are a rarity. Pigeons carry histoplasmosis, cryptococcosis and psittacosis (look it up) none of which you want to catch. Avoid droppings if you can. I hate 'em with a vengence and often take potshots with a catapult and dried peas. Never hit one yet and I seem to feed more than I frighten. Illegal to harm them - what a joke!



TC

In 1988 i was clearing a roof on a hi school that was covered in Pidgeon stuff. Shortly after i was put in a local quarantine hospital that all our locals called th hospital of no return. I had a terrible lung infection that eventually shut down my kidneys and liver. Iv never been so ill in my life. Hallucinations and everything. But because i was young and fit i survived. Since then iv never been fond of them in th slightest. In fact i can say i hate th little blighters. My right lung is still scared today on ex rays.

If you are a property developer / builder you can apply to Nature England for a license to cull BY THE THOUSAND, song birds and the like because they could cause your build problems?????? sic... I think the feathered rats are NOT included in these licences. GOD only knows WHY!!!!! i I now keep a spray bottle of snow foam mixture handy and spray as soon as a poo appears but it is a chore I could happily do without.

Beautiful birds. Unless you're a sparrow. We have a female hanging around here, but she’s never seemed to interfere with the dozen or so sky-rats which perch on the roof next door. I’ve spent quite a bit of time fantasising about various methods of mass destruction, as they **** in my pond while drinking from it, but haven't come up with the perfect solution yet.


I have an enormous Maine Coon, but he can’t be bothered killing them. Every so often, I find a dead one lying in one of the gardens in our street and he gets the blame, but he sleeps all day, and has never been a hunter.


Just recently, I've seen several of them lying dead in the street, very few on the roof, and wonder if somebody’s poisoning them :shrug:



Hate them. And I’m a bit of a bird lover…

We're now at war
 

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Well that didn't work out too well did it? I'm left with two possibilities. Either Somerset pigeons have grown rubber soles, or it's not pigeons at all but some new very narrow species of bird previously unknown to science, and with a liking for perching and pooing on Rover 75s.

I reckon they could perch between those nails no problem. You need something more like an upturned brush...

Good effort. Unfortunately you encountered a Dambusters seagull. Comes in low and hard, takes aim at the target, releases and the sudden weight loss boosts lift to enable soaring over the obstacle. They seem to hit everything here in Cornwall, and nothing is safe. :getmecoat:

Most people I know have stopped feeding garden birds because of the filth created by the obligatory flock of pigeons it also attracts.

We have 2 cats, one is lazy, fat and sleepy and loves to be inside asleep. The other is a lean, mean murdering machine that spends his days hunting. There is not a rodent, bird or other furry thing safe anywhere near us. His recent kills include 2 grey squirrels (which he appeared to find particularly tasty) Pigeons and starlings appear to be a particular delicacy also. There is hardly a day goes by when Im not disposing of the carcass of some furry or feathered departed creature. I could understand it if he wasnt well fed but this cat eats like a navvy, guess its just instinct! We dont have much of a bird s@@t problem :}