by Pigeon Patrol | Mar 4, 2016 | Bird Netting, Pigeon Spikes, UltraSonic Bird Control
Pune railway has forbidden citizens from feeding pigeons at the kabutarkhana, as its excreta is harming the heritage building
It would not be hyperbolic to term them a killer flock — heritage conservationists and experts across the nation have documented how pigeon excreta has destroyed precious art and the challenge they face in the clean-up process. Closer home, the birds have unleashed havoc among passengers as well as staff at Pune Railway Station, provoking the authorities to put up a warning sign near the popular kabutarkhana and Mahatma Gandhi statue, barring citizens from feeding the pigeons, as it leads to an insurmountable task for the authorities to clean up the excreta.
“The pigeon population around the railway station’s premises has multiplied in recent times, thanks to people flocking here to dole out morsels of food. Their presence is affecting the heritage structure of the railway station. Its roof, the rooms inside and the passages have become very unclean. A few days ago, they had also invaded the VIP lounge and dormitories, leading to a rush of complaints from passengers,” said Sunil Kamthan, station manager at Pune Railway Station. He went on to say that the premises have to be mopped at least six times daily because of this invasion, and that even after, a strong stench lingers along the corridors. “We spent more than a lakh cleaning the roof and shelves of the building,” added Kamthan.
Since simply propping up a warning sign is not known to dissuade people from doing as they please, officers at the station have taken it upon themselves to walk up to the erring citizen to urge them to halt the act. “We have not imposed any fine for feeding the birds yet, but if this persists despite the warning, we will be forced to mandate punitive action,” said Kamthan.
Paresh Jagtap, a passenger, has welcomed the railway’s move, although he finds the flight of pigeons a pleasant sight on the premises. “The warning is legit, but they should continue in their efforts to keep the station premises clean,” said Jagtap. Vivek Bunthambe, a member of the cleaning staff at the railway station, said, “We have cleaned the entire building several times in one year, particularly the upper roof, and yet there is excreta all over the building. The passengers complain about the foul odour that the pigeons leave behind.”
Pigeon excreta is known to stain the surface of abuilding, gradually setting in the process of corrosion. “We generally water jet an unclean surface before restoration. The water is laced with lemon or cinnamon, but even this does not work on pigeon droppings and we have to use caustic chemicals for such spots. Besides this, the bacteria from the droppings attract termites, especially on limestone. And when such termites establish a colony, rats are attracted to feed on them, which establishes a cycle,” said V M Sharma, a civil engineer and contractor who has worked on the restoration of various Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) projects, as well as the restoration of the Red Fort, in New Delhi.
Mumbai-based conservation architect, Abha Narain Lambah, who has worked on the Victoria Memorial, Kolkata and the Tata Palace, Mumbai, where the Deutsche Bank is housed, called attention to the strong acids in the excreta that affect oft stones such as limestone and marble. “It corrodes the surface, discolouring it; at times, even small pits appear on the surface,” said Lambah.
Tejas Garge, an archaeologist from Central Archeological Survey of India, said the phosphorous in the pigeon excreta is known to damage monuments, and hence, too many pigeons around heritage structures can be harmful. “When pigeon excreta lodges inside intricate designs, they are ruined forever. The only thing that remains is stone. It affects the plastering, damaging the structure, as in the case of the Ajanta and Ellora caves. After a rigorous study on the damages, bird proof nets have been put up at these places,” said Garge.
Pigeon excreta corrodes the surface, discolouring it. In some cases, small pits are known to appear on the surface
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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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by Pigeon Patrol | Feb 27, 2016 | Bird Deterrent Products, Bird Netting, UltraSonic Bird Control
A 70-year-old East Devon woman has been slapped with an ASBO banning her from feeding seagulls and all other birds in her home town.
Rose Rodell had been in the habit of feeding a variety of birds at her local park and cemetery, among them gulls, pigeons and doves.
But the local council gained an order to stop her after complaints from some residents in Sidmouth..
She has even been threatened with eviction from her council home if she continues – but has launched a legal bid to get the order overturned in court.
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by Pigeon Patrol | Feb 26, 2016 | Bird Deterrent Products, Bird Netting, Pigeon Spikes
WHITBY — Columnist Margaret Carney. July 18, 2012
It’s estimated there are 50,000 feral and unowned cats across Northwest Arkansas, according to the Northwest Arkansas Community Cat Project. They say that number is growing rapidly, so they’re joining forces with other local organizations to control the wild animals.
Mary Bartholomew says several feral cats have lived on her property in Prairie Grove for years.
“I regularly feed them,” Mary Bartholomew said. “They were really just starting to produce at multiple rates and it was getting to be way too many .”
She hopes she found a solution. The Northwest Arkansas Community Cat Project teamed up with the Friends of Prairie Grove Pound on Monday.
“It was literally a trap, neuter and return, so we have managed colonies and we don’t keep having the overabundance of litters every season,” Lesa Bement, Founder, Friends of Prairie Grove Pound said.
The organizations spayed and neutered almost 50 cats through a mobile vet clinic at the Prairie Grove Fire Department.
“So that’s 120, maybe 200 kittens that won’t be born this year, just this year. Not to say the kittens that those kittens would have next year,” Marcia Donley with the NWA Community Cat Project said.
Donley says feral cats are unsocialized, and most likely can never be tamed into a house pet.
“A truly feral cat, I liken it to a raccoon or a squirrel,” Donley explained.
Feral cats can serve a purpose. Often times living in barns and killing off unwanted field mice populations.
“When we first moved here we had a mouse problem in the house. They would come into the house somehow, and once the cats came around we have not had problems with snakes in the area or mice,” Bartholomew said.
For people like Mary, fixing feral cats means preventing overpopulation and euthanasia.
“I just think for the good of society and the good of the cat,” Bartholomew said.
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by Pigeon Patrol | Feb 25, 2016 | Animal Deterrent Products, Bird Netting, Pigeon Patrol's Services
A crackdown on cats suggested by some Dunedin city councillors could be scratched due to legal concerns.
The prospect was raised at yesterday’s planning and environment committee as councillors debated two new draft bylaws designed to update rules for controlling dogs and other animals in Dunedin.
The two documents – one covering dog control, and the second other animals and birds – were to be released for public consultation once endorsed by councillors.
Complainants as vexatious as dogs?
But Cr Kate Wilson took exception to their contents yesterday, questioning why the documents sent a ”really clear message” about controlling dogs while overlooking cats.
Cats were the only animals allowed to roam beyond their owner’s property boundary, without rules set by council for controlling them, she said.
That was despite views previously expressed by groups like Save the Otago Peninsula (Stop) about the need to control domestic cats, perhaps even by neutering them, she said.
”I believe there’s a willingness in public to test that, or at least have that discussion,” she said.
She questioned why draft rules covered protecting wildlife from dogs, but not cats.
Council animal control team leader Ros MacGill told yesterday’s meeting she would need legal advice on any move to apply such rules to cats in future.
But despite that, consultation material to be released to the public included three options to manage cat problems.
The options ranged from no change to introducing new restrictions, including a requirement that cats be neutered, kept indoors at night or even banned in some areas.
However, council staff proposed only to limit cat numbers in cases where there were problems and voluntary action failed.
Cr MacTavish said two of the options appeared ”fairly limited”, while the third was ”fairly restrictive”.
She wondered if the council had considered registering and microchipping cats, as was already required for non-working dogs, instead.
Ms MacGill said she would also have to seek legal advice on that idea, as it was her understanding such rules had to be set nationally.
Council staff indicated legal advice could be considered during the consultation process, but Cr Wilson said she would not vote to begin that process until legal issues were considered.
Mayor Dave Cull also worried about releasing documents without first understanding their legal implications.
”It may be delayed . . . but one of the lessons we have had in other areas is, get it right the first time,” he said.
Councillors voted to leave action on the draft bylaws until legal advice was considered.
The draft bylaws also sought to update a host of other rules, including relaxing one to allow dogs on leads to be walked at the St Clair Esplanade, Ms MacGill said.
The rules would also address other key issues, including ongoing problems with dog fouling on sports fields and dog attacks on wildlife, plus improving access to dog-exercising areas, she said.
The proposals were not yet set in stone, and public consultation would guide the final shape of the bylaws, she said.
”It’s not a decision we have made. We want to make that very clear.”
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by Pigeon Patrol | Feb 24, 2016 | Bird Deterrent Products, Bird Netting, Pigeon Spikes
PIGEONS IN ST JAMES PARK TODAY
. REXMAILPIX.
It’s time to take a leaf out of Spain’s book, as complex lung ailments are being reported by city pulmonologists, thanks to a rise in pigeon population
A bird census carried out three years ago by citybased NGO Ecological Society had pegged the number of Rock Pigeons at 13,271 all over Pune. The population has increased since, with its impact felt on the health of citizens over this period of time. Today, pulmonologists in Pune are known to attend to three to four patients each week with lung ailments caused by pigeon droppings — a rarity just three years ago.
Forty-one-year-old Mohan Sonkamble (name changed to protect identity), who used to run a laundry, had to give up his favourite hobby of feeding pigeons. It’s tending to the same flock that has had him bed-ridden with acute and subacute hypersensitivity pneumonitis. He is presently on ventilator. “He has loved pigeons since he was a child and now the feathers and droppings have wreaked havoc on his system. His lungs stopped functioning, given the deposits of dust from droppings. It has also affected his heart.
We have no option but go for a lung transplant, which is not only beyond our means but also comes with no guarantee of success,” said his brother.
The cases of ailments are not localised in overpopulated and congested parts of the city. Given the corresponding rise in construction activity in and around the city — where the birds fly in to roost — the ailments have become widespread. As Dr Mahavir Modi, pulmonologist, Ruby Hall Clinic, said, “Illnesses driven by residue of pigeon droppings and feathers are affecting those living in posh areas as well. Most of them develop cough, which cannot be easily traced as the symptoms are that of an asthma patient.” Like Sonkamble, most patients are hit by acute and subacute hypersensitivity pneumonitis, where the patients’ lungs inflame from the inside, with early symptoms resembling pneumonia. “The patients do not respond to antibiotics and steroids have to be administered to them. The condition can get very serious with some even needing ICU care with a need for oxygen,” added Dr Modi.
In yet another case, the wife of a senior government employee residing in Erandwane has been a victim, too. She has been suffering from dry cough for six months and, at times, her face would blacken due to lack of oxygen supply. “She used to be treated for respiratory tract infection, but there was no let-up in her condition. After she tested negative for tuberculosis, we finally got a CT scan and blood test done, which revealed the ailment,” said her husband. He added that pigeon menace in their neighbourhood stops them from even opening windows and balcony doors. “There is a shop nearby and the owner puts out food for the pigeons over there. This has led to a spurt in pigeon population here,” he added.
Such patients, with repeated exposure to the birds, are also likely to become victims of lung fibrosis, which can be devastating with no cure available. “Besides these, they are also carriers for many deadly fungi and atypical bacteria, which can cause diseases like cryptococcosis and histoplasmosis (fungal lung infections) and psitacosis (bacterial lung infection) — all of them rare and hard to diagnose,” said Modi.
Dr Nitin Abhyankar, a pulmonologist from Poona Hospital, said pigeons lead to 60 per cent cases of hypersensitivity pneumonitis among patients living in urban areas. “It is almost as if flying rodents are affecting people. While those with acute hypersensitivity can be treated with high dosages, it is extremely difficult to treat the patients who reach the chronic allergy stage,” said Abhyankar. Dr Sundeep Salvi, director of the Kalyani Nagar-based Chest Research Foundation, explained that the hypersensitivity pneumonitis or bhronchiolitis obliterans are known to block the small windpipe and sometimes affect the alveoli in the lungs. “The constant dry cough is known to last nearly four to six weeks. The diagnosis is difficult and a CT scan becomes imperative,” he said.
A Spanish town, Badia del Valles, near Barcelona, plagued by pigeons, has started mixing contraceptives in the bird feed to curb population, as some birds are known to have as many as 48 chicks a year. While there is yet to be an initiative of that scale here, Swati Gole, founder of Ecological Society, votes for a second census. “We want another survey to mark the change in the pigeon population. Since the pigeons are known to nest in buildings, with the rising settlements around us, their numbers are bound to have increased. Moreover, birds also thrive when they are fed with grain, which is common among Indians,” said Gole.
The constant dry cough is known to last nearly four to six weeks. The diagnosis is difficult and a CT scan becomes imperative
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by Pigeon Patrol | Feb 23, 2016 | Animal Deterrent Products, Bird Netting, Pigeon Patrol's Services
(October 6, 2015 – Toronto, ON) Ingrid Veninger is one of our favourite filmmakers. Publisher Ralph Lucas first met her for the Toronto screening of The Limb Salesman at the Canadian Film Festival in 2004. Since then Northernstars has interviewed her twice, most recently in 2013 when the film she wrote, produced and directed, The Animal Project, opened in general distribution. It is strange to use the word general, which makes things sound sort of normal, when reporting on such a talented and unique filmmaker.
In a small group that includes Winnipeg’s Guy Madden, Veninger doesn’t so much make movies as she constructs them, builds them from initial idea to a finished project that has been crafted with abundant care, remarkable problem solving abilities and a swift spirit that adapts undaunted to the challenges involved in getting a film made. And when it is done, she finds a way to make it even better.
Such is the case for He Hated Pigeons. It’s her 5th feature film and it will enjoy a very special one-time only showing at Toronto’s Bloor Hot Docs Cinema on October 18 at 3 in the afternoon. He Hated Pigeons is a deliberately low-budget film, this time a remarkably well-measured tale of love and loss. It stars Pedro Fontaine (pictured) who met the director when he served as a translator when Veninger was attending a film festival in Santiago, Chile in 2014. When the job was done, Fontaine mentioned that more than a translator he was also an actor and it would be nice to work together. Sometime later Ingrid Veninger contacted Fontaine to say that she wanted to write a role just for him.
As Veninger tells it, “This project has been the most intense. Not because I booked the crew’s flights to Chile before there was a script, or because I planned to primarily shoot in a language (Spanish) that I don’t speak and in a foreign country, or because I wrote the lead role for an actor whose work I has never seen… but because every step of the process had to allow for the added uncertainty of a live-score.”
That’s right. The movie has been made without a music track. As we have written here before, while the words in a movie may tell you what to think, it’s the music that tells you what to feel. Veninger continues: “The idea different musicians, in each city, improvising their own music was a commitment that influenced and informed every choice in making this film from writing and shooting, through editing and sound design. There was no way the live-score could be a gimmick, it needed to be intrinsically woven into the fabric of the film so that it became essential.”
The key word in here in case you missed it is “improvising.” There is no written score for the live musicians to follow. This isn’t a rehearsal piece. I any other filmmaker’s hands this might be ascribed as throwing caution to the wind. But for Ingrid Veninger this is just part of the process of making her highly individual films.
“He Hated Pigeons deals with letting go. Life is uncertain. Filmmaking is uncertain. And, I want the audience to feel something which has its own intrinsic impermanence. So every public presentation will be a one-time-only event.”
For the October 18 screening in Toronto the improvisation will be provided by Ohad Benchetrit and Justin Small. The Bloor Hot Docs Cinema is located at 506 Bloor Street West and the rice of admission is “pay what you can.” Which is quite a bargain when you’ll be experiencing something that is, quite possibly, priceless.
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by Pigeon Patrol | Feb 22, 2016 | Bird Netting, Pigeon Patrol's Services, Pigeon Spikes, UltraSonic Bird Control
The fence looks like it belongs in a maximum-security prison – but was in fact designed by Tiggly the cat’s neighbour to stop the feline straying next door.
A cat-hating neighbour has devised an extreme solution to stop next door’s feline walking on a wall.
The neighbourly dispute began over fears poor Tiggly the cat would damage a car by jumping onto it from a shared wall.
But it ended with the wall looking like the border of a maximum-security prison – complete with barbed wire, sharp studs and three-inch spikes.
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Tiggly’s upset owner Bea Upton, of Chandler’s Ford, Hampshire, said the cat has already become stuck in the wire and spikes while trying to get to the ground.
The clerical worker, 46, said: “It’s awful. Tiggly got stuck in it and neighbours had to rescue her.
“The neighbour has put all the barbed wire just to stop Tiggly. It prevents her living a normal, happy free life.
“I have complained to the RSPCA but they say they cannot get involved because people are allowed to put up pet deterrent.”
Previously the black and white cat would come out of an upstairs window, drop down onto a tiled roof before dropping down to the wall to then jump to the ground at the house two doors down from its home.
Ms Upton added that Tiggly has to use the window to get out because she is too frightened of Miss Upton’s two dogs to use a ground floor cat flap.
The neighbour, Valerie Pollard, declined to discuss the barbed wire and spikes.
A spokesman for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said: “Although the law does not state that adding barbed wire to a fence is illegal, it may become so depending on the case and what happens to an animal as a result.
“Deliberately injuring an animal and causing unnecessary suffering is a criminal offence and we take that very seriously.
“There are more humane methods of deterring cats and other animals from your garden such as automatic water sprays or introducing natural, prickly shrubs to cover surfaces.”
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Pigeon Patrol Products & Services is the leading manufacturer and distributor of bird deterrent (control) products in Canada. Pigeon Patrol products have solved pest bird problems in industrial, commercial, and residential settings since 2000, by using safe and humane bird deterrents with only bird and animal friendly solutions. At Pigeon Patrol, we manufacture and offer a variety of bird deterrents, ranging from Ultra-flex Bird Spikes with UV protection, Bird Netting, 4-S Gel and the best Ultrasonic and audible sound devices on the market today.
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by Pigeon Patrol | Feb 21, 2016 | Animal Deterrent Products, Bird Netting, Pigeon Patrol's Services
Chinese authorities placed live rabbits, pigeons and chickens near the Tianjin blast site in an effort to calm the public who were worried about the presence of poisonous chemicals in the area. The animals and bird were alive for more than two hours, Reuters reported.
Images of rabbits, pigeons and chickens in brightly-coloured cages are being shared among Chinese citizens as part of the government propaganda to dispel fear of contamination in the region.
Since the massive explosion at the warehouse owned by Ruihai International on 12 August, there has been much concern, especially after it was found that deadly cyanide had leaked into underwater drains. Cyanide was also found in the air.
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Amid rising fear, another development on Thursday further spread panic among Tianjin residents. Thousands of dead fish washed ashore from a lake located six kilometres from the explosion site.
However, local officials, who are still investigating the “mysterious death of the fish in the Tianjin lake”, claimed that it had nothing to do with the explosion.
About Pigeon Patrol:
Pigeon Patrol Products & Services is the leading manufacturer and distributor of bird deterrent (control) products in Canada. Pigeon Patrol products have solved pest bird problems in industrial, commercial, and residential settings since 2000, by using safe and humane bird deterrents with only bird and animal friendly solutions. At Pigeon Patrol, we manufacture and offer a variety of bird deterrents, ranging from Ultra-flex Bird Spikes with UV protection, Bird Netting, 4-S Gel and the best Ultrasonic and audible sound devices on the market today.
Voted Best Canadian wholesaler for Bird Deterrent products four years in a row.
Contact Info: 1- 877– 4– NO-BIRD (www.pigeonpatrol.ca)
by Pigeon Patrol | Feb 20, 2016 | Bird Deterrent Products, Bird Netting, UltraSonic Bird Control
Much goes into maintaining the grounds and operations of a major airport that typical travelers don’t see. One of those is managing bird populations.
On Friday, a Tampa resident tweeted a photo of pigeons confined in a cage on the roof of Tampa International Airport’s long-term parking garage. Susan Gail Taylor, a social media manager and copywriter for RME360, a direct-marketing company in Tampa, tweeted, “Are there really pigeons being trapped there and held outside in this oppressive heat?”
For the past three weeks, a pest control company contracted by the Tampa airport has been trapping pigeons on the property and euthanizing them to help reduce the bird population, said Emily Nipps, an airport spokeswoman. Pigeons and other birds present unique safety issues at airports, as they can interfere with aircraft that are taking off and landing. It’s not uncommon to read news reports about flight delays and cancellations because of collisions with birds.
“The problem with pigeons is we can’t trap them and release them somewhere else because they’ll always come back to where they came from,” Nipps said.
After Taylor’s tweet, the airport was answering questions from travelers about the birds on social media and through emails Friday. The traps also were removed from the parking garage.
The airport has been trapping pigeons periodically for years when the populations get too great. Nipps said the pigeons are attracted to the high buildings at the airport.
“They present significant health and safety concerns,” she said.
The pigeons are removed from the traps daily and euthanized. They have access to water while they’re confined, she said.
The airport also uses other measures to control the bird population such as shooting loud cracker shells to scare them away from runways and cutting the grass at a certain angle to not attract too many bugs.
“The population gets worse every couple of years,” Nipps said.
Taylor, who tweeted the photo, said she didn’t take the picture but received it from a friend. Officials with the Tampa airport responded to Taylor’s tweet on Twitter. She was encouraged to call Nipps, who told her she is a bird owner herself.
About Pigeon Patrol:
Pigeon Patrol Products & Services is the leading manufacturer and distributor of bird deterrent (control) products in Canada. Pigeon Patrol products have solved pest bird problems in industrial, commercial, and residential settings since 2000, by using safe and humane bird deterrents with only bird and animal friendly solutions. At Pigeon Patrol, we manufacture and offer a variety of bird deterrents, ranging from Ultra-flex Bird Spikes with UV protection, Bird Netting, 4-S Gel and the best Ultrasonic and audible sound devices on the market today.
Voted Best Canadian wholesaler for Bird Deterrent products four years in a row.
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by Pigeon Patrol | Feb 19, 2016 | Animal Deterrent Products, Bird Netting, Pigeon Spikes
Hygiene concerns have prompted the Parkes Shire to expand its pigeon control program.
The Council says the birds have moved from an old open cut gold mine near Peak Hill, into the town centre.
The spokesman Stephen Campbell says it is a health concern and many of the eradication strategies previously available are no longer approved.
He said the council would now focus on how many pigeons were at the old water treatment facility.
“It’s just hygiene and maintenance, I guess,” Mr Campbell said.
“They block gutters and other problems but it’s common to a lot of areas and the measures of actually treating the problem are limited, nearly limited to trapping, so it’s a painstaking exercise.”
Mr Campbell said trapping programs would continue.
“We’d be all looking for an easy answer to this problem because I think a lot of towns are suffering from pigeons.
“Out at Peak Hill the re-working of the old mine diggings, I guess, stirred up the pigeons that were roosting there and they’ve sort of moved into town, so over the last few years we’ve been working with a company to try and reduce the problem.”
About Pigeon Patrol:
Pigeon Patrol Products & Services is the leading manufacturer and distributor of bird deterrent (control) products in Canada. Pigeon Patrol products have solved pest bird problems in industrial, commercial, and residential settings since 2000, by using safe and humane bird deterrents with only bird and animal friendly solutions. At Pigeon Patrol, we manufacture and offer a variety of bird deterrents, ranging from Ultra-flex Bird Spikes with UV protection, Bird Netting, 4-S Gel and the best Ultrasonic and audible sound devices on the market today.
Voted Best Canadian wholesaler for Bird Deterrent products four years in a row.
Contact Info: 1- 877– 4– NO-BIRD (www.pigeonpatrol.ca)
by Pigeon Patrol | Feb 18, 2016 | Bird Netting, Pigeon Spikes, UltraSonic Bird Control
Hoards of pigeons are damaging homes and creating havoc in Makkah, according to the city’s residents.
Spokesman for Makkah Municipality Osama Zaytooni said a number of residents are complaining that pigeons are ruining their crops and trees, and leaving their droppings in backyards and across rooftops.
“There are pigeons in great numbers almost everywhere you go,” Zaytooni said. “Although some might enjoy the beautiful bird and feed them as they are passing by, most people are fed up with the mess pigeons leave behind.”
He added that the municipality is also struggling with the problem, as they are creating a mess in Makkah’s streets and parks.
“Every day, we send workers to clean the streets as pigeons leave their droppings, dirtying the streets and ruining the grass in the parks,” Zaytooni said. “It is costing the municipality a lot of money.”
He also said some people have taken matters into their own hands and begun killing pigeons, but the municipality does not condone acts of animal cruelty.
“Some people have set up electric wires on their windowsills to prevent pigeons from nesting there,” Zaytooni said. “Others simply shoo them away and some have hired exterminators. Some would even drive through the middle of a pigeon herd and run over whatever obstructs their way.”
Zaytooni said the municipality has contracted a company to capture the pigeons and not kill them.
“Even though their numbers are destroying the nature of the city, they are still animals and they have their rights.”
Zaytooni said the municipality plans to capture a good number of pigeons to reduce their density and are also investigating a reproduction control strategy to ensure the problem doesn’t recur.
About Pigeon Patrol:
Pigeon Patrol Products & Services is the leading manufacturer and distributor of bird deterrent (control) products in Canada. Pigeon Patrol products have solved pest bird problems in industrial, commercial, and residential settings since 2000, by using safe and humane bird deterrents with only bird and animal friendly solutions. At Pigeon Patrol, we manufacture and offer a variety of bird deterrents, ranging from Ultra-flex Bird Spikes with UV protection, Bird Netting, 4-S Gel and the best Ultrasonic and audible sound devices on the market today.
Voted Best Canadian wholesaler for Bird Deterrent products four years in a row.
Contact Info: 1- 877– 4– NO-BIRD (www.pigeonpatrol.ca)
by Pigeon Patrol | Feb 17, 2016 | Animal Deterrent Products, Bird Netting
EAST…
PEREGRINE STORY…
MONDAY 16th NOVEMBER 2015
Pictured is Claire Jenkins who received a littering fine for feeding birds in Swansea city center.
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — The Alberta Energy Regulator says it is investigating reports that approximately 30 blue herons have died at an oilsands site.
A news release from the regulator says it has sent staff to the Syncrude Canada Mildred Lake mine site, north of Fort McMurray, to assess the situation.
The cause of the deaths is still under investigation.
Will Gibson, a spokesman for Syncrude Canada, said the company is co-operating with the energy regulator as well as with provincial fish and wildlife officials and Environment Canada.
“We’re investigating this incident to determine what happened,” Gibson said Saturday.
The energy regulator’s incident report web page says Syncrude notified it that the birds were discovered at an “abandoned sump pond” on Friday.
The birds were found near a pump house, but Gibson wasn’t able to say what the pond contained, or whether the birds were coated in oil.
He said 29 birds were found dead. One additional bird was euthanized on the order of Alberta Fish and Wildlife.
Gibson said the bird deterrent system at the facility was fully operational at the time.
The regulator said that wildlife deterrent programs, including those at the Mildred Lake, are inspected regularly to make sure they’re working following previous bird deaths at oilsands facilities.
More than 1,600 ducks died after they landed on a toxic Syncrude tailings pond in northern Alberta in 2008, and the company was fined $3 million.
Two years later, more than 550 birds had to be destroyed when an early winter storm forced them to land on waste ponds belonging to Syncrude and Suncor.
Gibson said the deterrent system uses radar to detect birds. It then activates propane-fired noisemakers as well as mechanical falcons to scare the birds away.
There’s also human staff that will respond if birds are observed in areas of open water, Gibson said.
“We’ve worked at continuously improving our deterrent system,” Gibson said.
According to the Canadian Wildlife Federation’s “Hinterland Who’s Who” website, the overall great blue heron population is healthy and scientists estimate there are tens of thousands of them in Canada.
It says the birds stand over a metre tall with their heads outstretched. Both female and male birds incubate the eggs and feed the young.
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Voted Best Canadian wholesaler for Bird Deterrent products four years in a row.
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by Pigeon Patrol | Feb 16, 2016 | Bird Netting, Pigeons in the News, UltraSonic Bird Control
Mondovi (WQOW) – Tuesday night, Mondovi City Council will consider a problem dotted with pigeon droppings.
News 18 spoke with the City Administrator Dan Lauersdorf on Monday. He said it’s a continuing problem, and that Mondovi has been dealing with pigeon control for the past 28 years he’s been there.
Lauersdorf also said downtown business owners are sick of seeing pigeons perched on their buildings and sick of the droppings they leave behind. It’s been about five years since the city has tried getting rid of them, like poisoning corn kernels, or setting out decoy owls to scare them away, but the pigeons keep coming back and so do the proposals to get rid of them.
“I got one today, a company that has a machine shoots something in the air that’s supposed to make the pigeons not want to come to that area, it’s made from the skin of grapes,” Lauersdorf added.
Lauersdorf also received a couple proposals to live-trap the birds. Tuesday, the city council will consider all the proposals. A final decision may or may not be made.
About Pigeon Patrol:
Pigeon Patrol Products & Services is the leading manufacturer and distributor of bird deterrent (control) products in Canada. Pigeon Patrol products have solved pest bird problems in industrial, commercial, and residential settings since 2000, by using safe and humane bird deterrents with only bird and animal friendly solutions. At Pigeon Patrol, we manufacture and offer a variety of bird deterrents, ranging from Ultra-flex Bird Spikes with UV protection, Bird Netting, 4-S Gel and the best Ultrasonic and audible sound devices on the market today.
Voted Best Canadian wholesaler for Bird Deterrent products four years in a row.
Contact Info: 1- 877– 4– NO-BIRD (www.pigeonpatrol.ca)
by Pigeon Patrol | Feb 15, 2016 | Animal Deterrent Products, Bird Netting, Pigeon Spikes
The birds were so brazen during last Saturday’s All-Ireland football quarter-finals that a large flock remained on the pitch for most of both games, moving only when play came their way. Even then, they re-assembled close by.
They returned during the second half of the Kilkenny-Waterford game on Sunday and were joined later in the evening by around 200 seagulls.
A hawk was brought in this week to put the frighteners on the birds as the stadium gears up for two minor hurling semi-finals, followed by the Galway-Tipperary senior showdown, next Sunday.
An on-going seeding programme is the attraction for the pigeons, which enjoy lots of roosting space under the nearby railway bridge.
“Croke Park is a McDonald’s for pigeons at present. We are putting grass seed down on a continuous basis and they like to drop in for a treat. They obviously find it very tasty,” said stadium director Peter McKenna.
Nuisance
“They are a nuisance at any time, let alone on match days. We use a range of deterrents but it can be hard to get rid of pigeons. They get used to the various tricks so we have to keep changing them.”
A live, squawking hawk with a sharp eye and a menacing beak is among the top deterrents – hence his deployment this week as Croke Park gears up for seven successive weekends of All-Ireland hurling, football, camogie and ladies’ football action.
Continuous over-seeding is vital at this time of year to ensure the surface retains its lush surface.
Despite the recent Ed Sheeran concert, the pitch is in excellent condition, with McKenna describing it as “possibly the best it has ever been”.
Maintaining it is a major year-round operation, but it has been made easier in recent weeks by the excellent growing conditions.
“The weather has been ideal. We need to get as much growth as possible all the time so that not only is the surface in perfect conditions for the players, but that it also looks well with the various shades of green we can get on it,” said McKenna.
About Pigeon Patrol:
Pigeon Patrol Products & Services is the leading manufacturer and distributor of bird deterrent (control) products in Canada. Pigeon Patrol products have solved pest bird problems in industrial, commercial, and residential settings since 2000, by using safe and humane bird deterrents with only bird and animal friendly solutions. At Pigeon Patrol, we manufacture and offer a variety of bird deterrents, ranging from Ultra-flex Bird Spikes with UV protection, Bird Netting, 4-S Gel and the best Ultrasonic and audible sound devices on the market today.
Voted Best Canadian wholesaler for Bird Deterrent products four years in a row.
Contact Info: 1- 877– 4– NO-BIRD (www.pigeonpatrol.ca)
by Pigeon Patrol | Feb 14, 2016 | Animal Deterrent Products, Bird Netting, Pigeon Patrol's Services
In a frenzy of homesteading the first summer I lived back here in my grandmother’s house, I planted four small blueberry bushes. The next summer, a couple of them were about three feet tall, and all four began bearing a cup or so of fruit among them. Every year since, in blueberry season, I would go out and check the berries, determining to pick them the next day. Every year, on the next day, the bushes would be stripped clean.
Lilies
Casa Blanca lilies nipped in the bud. Photo by Diane Blanks.
This year, as the berries began to ripen, I swathed the plants in heavy bird netting and anchored the plastic grid-work down with large galvanized metal staples. When I went out to harvest my crop over the weekend, the bushes were stripped clean. Next to them on the ground were two different kinds of animal droppings, like arrogant messages.
So I went in the house and Googled “animal droppings.” After peering at graphic diagrams of various kinds of scat (as we outdoorsy types call poop), I have now determined that my berries were eaten by Both rabbits and deer. But how they got under the netting I haven’t a clue.
They have also, by the way, nipped all the buds off the roses, lilies and phlox. Judging by the height of the plants, I’m sure the deer are the villains there. They’ve evidently been strolling between my flower beds choosing from the buffet. I am now mixing up the super-vile deer/rabbit repellent mixture that was waiting on the back porch for when I’d used up the vile “putrefied egg” repellant. The label on the new stuff says it will repel elk, too, should any wander into my yard to browse. This is Wawah!
Years ago, Mama had eight large blueberry bushes that my then-husband and I had doggedly moved to her field from a doctor friend’s weekend farm; he was thinning out his rows of plants and offered the bushes to us if we would dig them. Being a frugal type, my mother, instead of buying the pricey bird netting, went to a fabric shop and bought yards and yards of hot pink synthetic dress netting, which was on deep discount because absolutely nobody wanted a prom dress that color. For years thereafter, in blueberry season, the field behind the house boasted a huge, meringue-like froth of hot pink, anchored down by bricks. We picked quarts and quarts of berries. I don’t know if the varmints couldn’t penetrate the netting or if they were repelled by the color, but I may be looking for a fabric shop soon.
I hadn’t heard anybody use the word “puny” (meaning “sickly,” for readers from the flatlands) in everyday conversation in years. Heard it the other day and it sounded Good, sounded like my native tongue. Another phrase I have yet to hear, though, was one my mother was prone to use: “plumb hippoed,” meaning “hypochondriac.” Haven’t heard anyone use that one yet, but I’m waiting for the moment.
The rhythms and cadences of the place names of my native land were, and still are, welcome music to my ears. When I hear Deep Gap, Chestnut Grove, Elk Knob, Meat Camp, Cove Creek, Silverstone, Sugarloaf, Matney, Mabel, Triplett and Zionville, I know I’m where I’m supposed to be. I am centered in the Universe.
About Pigeon Patrol:
Pigeon Patrol Products & Services is the leading manufacturer and distributor of bird deterrent (control) products in Canada. Pigeon Patrol products have solved pest bird problems in industrial, commercial, and residential settings since 2000, by using safe and humane bird deterrents with only bird and animal friendly solutions. At Pigeon Patrol, we manufacture and offer a variety of bird deterrents, ranging from Ultra-flex Bird Spikes with UV protection, Bird Netting, 4-S Gel and the best Ultrasonic and audible sound devices on the market today.
Voted Best Canadian wholesaler for Bird Deterrent products four years in a row.
Contact Info: 1- 877– 4– NO-BIRD (www.pigeonpatrol.ca)
