On Throw Back Thursday:
It can happen at any time of year but more often in the warmer months. People suddenly get fed up with the number of pigeons in their area and they want them gone … NOW!
Ideas for instant pigeon removal are usually bad and can be really bad for peregrine falcons who hang out near the pigeons. Last week I got an email from Patricia M. who needed good ideas for pigeon removal because someone in her town wanted to shoot them.
It really is possible to reduce the pigeon population at a specific location. I’ve seen it happen at the Cathedral of Learning in 2007 and at Pittsburgh’s Mellon Square in 2014. The hardest part of pigeon control is changing human — not pigeon — behavior.
Read how to do it in this blog post from July 2008: Too Much of a Good Thing
(photo by Chuck Tague)
If people are so consumed with love for peregrines, they should read this and post it further. There is a cycle of life out there, and we need to be educated to it.
By the way, I just heard comment on KDKD by John Schumway that so many pigeons were made “roostless” when the Hulton Bridge was taken down. The pigeons came back after the blasting and resorted to sitting on the top of the half submerged structure.