Locally-Sourced All-Natural Pigeon Control
May 5, 2008 – 9:16 am #307
Some fellow Minneapolitans may have found the answer to my pigeon problems. Best of all, this pigeon control solution is completely green, VOC-free, locally-sourced and all-natural.
It’s a predator!
This video was shot by netclift about a mile from my place:
And Lost Forest After Dark shows what happens when a pigeon meets a hawk.
This isn’t a very selective pigeon-control treatment, so populations of squirrels, rabbits, and smaller birds might also decline after introducing a predator. Nevertheless, if a fake owl can be good pigeon control, a real owl must be fantastic!
7 Responses to “Locally-Sourced All-Natural Pigeon Control”
Ha, my first thought when I saw that was “where can I get one???”
I’d take a Coopers Hawk too in a pinch… wonder if there’s a way to attract them? Clearly the abundant source of dumb meat over here isn’t enough.
Best way to take care of pests!
Yes, indeedy! Definitely GREAT pigeon control. The falcons in downtown Detroit keep the pigeons on the run!!!
p.s. I forgot to say that the owl is just beautiful. I love owls.
@Ranty: After a bit of reading, it sounds like you can try to attract owls or hawks by building a perch or nesting box on a pole about 25′ high. However, it sounds like they don’t always hunt in the area right around their nest because it could alert other predators to the nest location.
@Sandy: My wife used to work in downtown Minneapolis where there is a similar falcon project to the one you describe from Detroit. She tells a story of watching a peregrine falcon snatch a pigeon out of the air and then make lunch of it on a ledge outside her window. It’s a bird eat bird world out there.
Atlanta has a falcon project, which at one time was sponcered by the Falcons….
There is a hawk that hangs out in our back yard. He can look over the ball field at the school behind our house and hunt.
I wish he would catch more of the squirrels in our yard.
Hmm… now that you mention the football connection, Jenni, maybe I could get a purple-shirted norseman to take care of my pigeons.
I’m jealous of your hawk. I would like watching him so much it wouldn’t matter that he didn’t catch all the critters.