Pigeon rage

[MartDude]

We have new neighbours, whose garden backs on to ours.

They have a pigeon loft. Every tea-time, he stands in his garden, calling his pigeons, with a loud, monotonous, inane, grating and bloody irritating incantation, rather reminiscent of a city-centre newspaper vendor (do they still have those?)

I'd rather like to gaffer-tape his gob shut, but Gill says I mustn't.

Our cat is a little too old to unleash on the pigeons.

I don't want to harm the pigeons, though; they're probably as p***ed off as I am with the chap's moronic chanting.

Would it be un-neighbourly to deploy one of these ?

[Samray]

Take up falconry for real.

[Kwackerz]

We have those in the fields round here on the end of fishing poles. work wonders.

[Nooj]

Volete prendere in prestito un falco rumoroso?

[MartDude]

Thanks for the offer, Nooj, the Fut's quite loud enough, but won't fit up the passage to the back garden. If it did, there'd by a some counter-annoying going on

[Nooj]

Would a Falco fit up your back passage?

[MartDude]

Quite possibly, after its recent seeing-to

[BikerGran]

Perhaps you could politely suggest that he is preventing the quiet enjoyment of your garden and that the birds will come home when they're hungry anyway...... he probably hasn't a clue that he's annoying anyone!

[D-Rider]

We have new neighbours, whose garden backs on to ours.

They have a pigeon loft. Every tea-time, he stands in his garden, calling his pigeons, with a loud, monotonous, inane, grating and bloody irritating incantation, rather reminiscent of a city-centre newspaper vendor (do they still have those?)

I'd rather like to gaffer-tape his gob shut, but Gill says I mustn't.

Our cat is a little too old to unleash on the pigeons.

I don't want to harm the pigeons, though; they're probably as p***ed off as I am with the chap's moronic chanting.

Would it be un-neighbourly to deploy one of these ?

You don't need one of those ..... here's how to Stop The Pigeon

[MartDude]

Oh well, had to happen one day.

Despite not being in the first flush of kitten-hood, and having lost half her teeth, it seems that Willow has struck the first blow.

One deceased racing pigeon on the door-mat this morning.

[Kwackerz]

Oh no! Hope there wasnt bloodstains. theyre hard to get out of doormats.

[randomsquid]

One deceased racing pigeon on the door-mat this morning.

Nail it to a stick as a warning to other pigeons.

[Samray]

Mmm. Pigeon pie.

[HowardQ]

Just wait for the real Falcons to turn up, they seem to be learning.
We all know how Kestrels have learned to live off the sides of motorways.
Sparrow Hawks have now learned to live off my "bird table", makes sense I suppose, the smalled birds come to feed in large numbers so the hawks now seem to come and feed of the selection of fresh feathered food available. The last Sparrow Hawk took out a male blackbird just before my hols, got photos as it landed on the wall after.
In the past I have only see them dive in and miss out when spoilt for choice, with sparrows and the like going off in all directions.
It should not be too long before they learn to take out pigeons/doves in your area!

[MartDude]

Just wait for the real Falcons to turn up, they seem to be learning.
We all know how Kestrels have learned to live off the sides of motorways.
Sparrow Hawks have now learned to live off my "bird table", makes sense I suppose, the smalled birds come to feed in large numbers so the hawks now seem to come and feed of the selection of fresh feathered food available. The last Sparrow Hawk took out a male blackbird just before my hols, got photos as it landed on the wall after.
In the past I have only see them dive in and miss out when spoilt for choice, with sparrows and the like going off in all directions.
It should not be too long before they learn to take out pigeons/doves in your area!

Bring it on!