Bungalow '23: An Arts & Crafts home improvement journal

Locally-Sourced All-Natural Pigeon Control

Monday, May 5th, 2008

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 ...

The Man On The Street

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

I was playing with my older son on the front sidewalk a couple days ago when a guy walking by stopped to ask me about the neighborhood. It turns out he's been looking at properties in the area and is thinking of buying a house just up the block ...

Dam, Pigeons

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

A biology textbook might tell you that beavers are nature's dam builders, but the pigeons at my place merit at least a footnote in that chapter. Behold the Disgusting Roof Dam of Pigeon Filth!

Neighbor Gives Me The Bird

Thursday, July 5th, 2007

...and I gave him two beers for his thoughtfulness. Here's the bird at issue-- a life-sized plastic owl meant to scare away the pigeons on my roof. Yes, despite installing metal spikes on most of their favorite roosting and nesting spots, the pigeons have enough roosting places available to ...

It’s Raining Eggs

Saturday, May 12th, 2007

The end is near! It's raining pigeon eggs! What a cruel harbinger of apocolyptic events soon to unfold! Or maybe the pigeons are trying unsuccessfully to build nests on my roof in the places I installed bird spikes last year. I suppose that's a credible ...