by Ryan Ponto | Jun 23, 2017 | Bird Netting
A pigeon briefly disrupted a Wimbledon qualifying match Tuesday between Amandine Hesse and Miyu Kato. Hesse swatted at the invader with her racket and a ball boy chased after it, trying to scare it off the court. Unperturbed, the pigeon alighted briefly on the net, before heading to a tree next to the court.
Rufus, the hawk that patrols the Wimbledon skies and scares off pigeons and other winged annoyances, was not yet on duty.
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by Ryan Ponto | Jun 22, 2017 | Bird Netting
The pigeon, trained for long-distance flight, landed in the residential area abutting the historic fort after deviating from its scheduled flight path.
A local youth, known for his penchant for rearing pigeons, turned a saviour for a racing pigeon from a far-off place that made an unscheduled stop at Khammam two days ago.
The pigeon, trained for long-distance flight, landed in the residential area abutting the historic fort after deviating from its scheduled flight path on Tuesday evening.
On noticing the bird lying along a roadside shop in a feeble condition tagged with a red colour banded ring on its leg, the passer-by initially grew suspicious of the bird, mistaking it to be a trained avian sent on a “spying mission”.
A ‘paan’ shop owner alerted Mohammad Shafi, a bird lover of the residential locality surrounding the fort, about the bird.
Mr. Shafi examined the leg-ring of the bird and established its identity as a racing pigeon belonging to a Chennai-based racing pigeon club. He then took the bird to his house, gave it nutritious diet and kept it in a special enclosure.
Speaking to The Hindu, he said the bird might have lost its flight direction due to exhaustion. An identification code (NHPA15 2907) and a mobile number (9944495035) are printed on the banded ring fixed to the pigeon’s leg.
“I have called the mobile number and passed on the information,” Mr. Shafi said.
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 Ryan Ponto | Jun 21, 2017 | Bird Netting
Hong Kong people were in a flap when they spotted a few pigeons in Victoria Park sporting suspicious looking red sticks on their tails, but an expert allayed their concerns, saying the attachments were simply whistles.
Pigeon racing expert Leung Kam-hung told Apple Daily that the suspicious looking red sticks objects were whistles, which helped alert owners that their birds had return home from a long distance flight. The whistles created a buzzing sound as the birds flew.
Leung said these pigeons might have been set free by their owners after the government began reducing the number of licenses allowing people to raise pigeons following the bird flu outbreaks that flare up in the city.
Officers from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) said the whistles would be a burden to pigeons, and affect their mobility and flexibility.
SPCA officers made on-site observations, but failed to capture the pigeons with whistles for further examination. It said it would try to remove the whistles from the affected birds later.
Pigeon racing was once popular in Hong Kong and Taiwan, but its appeal has since declined due to the bird flu virus and controversies over illegal betting in the sport.
In 2013, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) from the United States found that around one million pigeons died in long distance races every year in Taiwan.
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 Ryan Ponto | Jun 20, 2017 | Bird Netting
Summary: Mr. Shafi examined the leg-ring of the bird and established its identity as a racing pigeon belonging to a Chennai-based racing pigeon club. A local youth with the racing pigeon that landed in Khammam on Thursday. | Photo Credit: ; – G_N_RAOA local youth, known for his penchant for rearing pigeons, turned a saviour for a racing pigeon from a far-off place that made an unscheduled stop at Khammam two days ago. The pigeon, trained for long-distance flight, landed in the residential area abutting the historic fort after deviating from its scheduled flight path on Tuesday evening. A ‘paan’ shop owner alerted Mohammad Shafi, a bird lover of the residential locality surrounding the fort, about the bird.
A local youth with the racing pigeon that landed in Khammam on Thursday. | Photo Credit: ; – G_N_RAO A local youth, known for his penchant for rearing pigeons, turned a saviour for a racing pigeon from a far-off place that made an unscheduled stop at Khammam two days ago. The pigeon, trained for long-distance flight, landed in the residential area abutting the historic fort after deviating from its scheduled flight path on Tuesday evening. On noticing the bird lying along a roadside shop in a feeble condition tagged with a red colour banded ring on its leg, the passer-by initially grew suspicious of the bird, mistaking it to be a trained avian sent on a “spying mission”. A ‘paan’ shop owner alerted Mohammad Shafi, a bird lover of the residential locality surrounding the fort, about the bird. Mr. Shafi examined the leg-ring of the bird and established its identity as a racing pigeon belonging to a Chennai-based racing pigeon club.
He then took the bird to his house, gave it nutritious diet and kept it in a special enclosure. Speaking to The Hindu, he said the bird might have lost its flight direction due to exhaustion. An identification code (NHPA15 2907) and a mobile number (9944495035) are printed on the banded ring fixed to the pigeon’s leg. “I have called the mobile number and passed on the information,” Mr. Shafi said..
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 Ryan Ponto | Jun 19, 2017 | Bird Netting
AN APPLICATION to retain a pigeon loft attached to a house in Newport which was built larger than previously permitted will be decided by council members next week.
Planning permission was granted in 2005 for the loft at the house in Shaw Grove. But in 2014 it was altered and enlarged without permission to become a larger L-shape.
An application to be allowed to retain the larger loft has now been lodged and will be discussed by Newport City Council on Wednesday, July 5.
One objection has been received against the proposal, calling the plans “most inconsiderate and saying “I am now surrounded by pigeons and whatever window I look out of all I see is pigeon lofts and pigeons”.
A council report said the loft houses about 60 pigeons at a time, which are released from 7am.
Wednesday’s meeting is open to the public and will begin at 10am.
To view the full application visit newport.gov.uk/planning and search for 17/0425.
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)
