Outdoor Animal Control - Pigeon control?

Has anyone ever tried those ultra-sonic bird chasers? Do they work?

Despite testimonials to the contrary, the EPA and Consumer Reports state that there is no scientific evidence to support the effectiveness of ultra sonic pest control devices. Many cities use anti-roosting spikes to keep pigeons off buildings. Hot Foot is a gel that is also employed as an anti-roosting control. Others resort to feeding pigeons with a feed that contains a chemical to prevent development of eggs.

If you live in an urban area where pigeons are a problem, contact your local city council to see what steps they are taking for pigeonn control. Eliminating food sources is a major first step in pigeon control. Birdfeeders, pet food dishes, open dumpsters at fast food restaurants, granaries, silos, etc. offer free food sources.

Thanks for the info - I didn't think they would be all that effective.

The reason why I had wondered is that one day when I was in the area of their new roost, I took a pic with my digital cam of something. They all took off and got me to thinking about any freqs the cam may have emitted. Guess it was just a coincidence.

The end of last year they just started showing up in the unfinished overhang roof of my out-building and what a mess! There's about a 1 foot deep portion that's enclosed on the out side of the 6x8 (southwest style) support beam - I guess fascia board it's called? - and they've been busy. about a dozen eggs, 4 or 5 nests, 3 or 4 dead chicks - a real mess and now they're in heat.

I tore that down (about 50' of it) and stapled up some chicken wire thinking the spikey ends would discourage or cramp them. They bent them out of their way!!! I just entirely closed it all up yesterday with more wire hoping they'll move on.

I'm looking at those spike strips for another area that has that Spanish tile type roof - they made a mess of that as well along the ridges.

I'm on the far NE corner of town where there aren't even any street lites yet and was pretty surprised to see them out here. It's pretty much desert and open range.

I know one thing - those plastic owls are just one more thing for them to s it on...

Be careful working around where they use the restroom. Their droppings can and do cause lung problems.

Yeah, that's good advice and, in my case, that whole area is a restroom. They took over that building in such a short time, it still amazes me.

I remember learning some specifics about these filthy things when I lived in Las Vegas. We had an employee who felt she was appointed to feed them as much as possible. We tried and tried to explain to her what she was doing and, more so, what pigeons do (health, acidics, etc), but to no avail. Two neighboring businesses wrote letters of complaints to the owner because of all the 'damage' they were doing. She never thought of it as anything more than feeding the pretty birds.

Well, it seems that removing their birthing area and their protective shelter from the hawks or buzzards or whatever these other ones are, did the trick.

They puttered around confused for a couple of days out of habit I guess but they seem to have moved on. I think it had a lot to do with being egg season for them and needing a place for it in a hurry.