I love feeding the birds and squirrels but in doing so get tons of pigeons and they take over my bird feeders. How can I feed my birds but not welcome pigeons? Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
I know the difference between pidgeons and doves--I have them both and love the doves. I helped circulate petitions to help stop the doves from being hunted on our last election in Michigan and the doves won!
Pigeons need love too. If you still prefer to pigeon-hole certain bird types, perhaps you could post a sign that says "NO PIGEONS ALLOWED"? You could try writing it in pigeon-english.
What a bunch of pigeon/dove lovers here! Doesn't seem that anyone is interested in answering the question.
The bird store where I buy my seed told me to not to buy the seed with millet (the small round yellow seed) in it. It worked for me for a number of months. I just put my birdfeeder out a few days ago (being away all summer) and after two days the pigeons and doves are back.
I like pigeons just don't want them eating all the birdseed. They chase away the birds and I'll have a back yard full of pigeons. I used to get a varity of birds.
Pigeons are an absolute nuisance! I have doves, pigeons, native wild birds and squirrels. The pigeons eat all the food and poop everywhere. I am trying to find a way to feed the squirrels as I have squirrel proof bird feeders but still want to feed squirrels without pigeons eating everything.
not to mention the poooooooooooooooooo they leave EVERYWHERE they are a very dirty bird
I would have no problem with pigeons, per say. The problem arises with the fact that it's not only a few birds. If allowed to stay, the few become 25 then 50 then more and the birds you are actually seeking to feed can't eat because the numerous and gluttonous pigeons eat everything!
Hi..I also have a problem with pigeans eating my bird feed...love feeding the small birds. The pigeons are awful....I put an fake owl out by the feeder and it seems to help.
Funny! Re: pigeons, I live in the city; they leave so much, and I mean so much bird doo on my Terrace. It's kind of sad because I can't feed all the lovely birds out there except for the bluebirds to whom I give peanuts.
Pigeons are as bad as rats, they poo everywhere, keep other birds at bay and gorge on the bird seed. My suggestion to the person that says put up a sign in pigeon language should post their address so the pigeons can converge on the wise asses house.
I DO NOT WANT THE PIGEONS DISTROYING MY BIRD FEEDERS BY HANGING ON TO IT. WHAT CAN I DO?
Doesn't the owl scare the other birds away ?
I agree the pigeons hog all the food from the small birds.
I tried the Owl decoy, but it only worked for a few days. If you have a round feeder, get a pack of plastic tie downs (I used 7 1/2 inch) and attach them onto a flat bungee cord with a 1 inch spacing.
Hello, I found the way to KEEP out the BRILLIANT Squirrels BUT, The Dadburn Doves and pigeons eat all the food. They PIG OUT and the Huge bird feeder is empty in a day. IF you have away to KEEP OUT the Doves and "PIGeons" PLEASE POST. Any how I Made a pulley system for my bird feeder suspended between two trees. I ran some trout line (thin enough so the Squirrels can climb on)between the 2 trees then hooked a pulley hanging from one tree and a line from the pulley to the feeder.
I too had a problem with pigeons PIGon out on my feeder. I Put some cedar shakes on the roof or lid that was low enough for the NOT to be able to land on Yet Tall enough for the smaller birds to FEED. Good Luck
I'm trying to get rid of the Chipmunks and I don't want to poison them or the ground!
This is a wonderful YouTube video called 'Dove Problems' that shows a simple fix. In addition to this wire solution, other pages suggest to stay away from the seed mixes with a lot of small fillers that pigeons snd doves love and can eat rapidly.
Don't you know about the diseases from pigeons, These are originally wild birds but come into (rough) housing area where people like you supply them with easy meals, they are not even attractive.
It is actually "per se", it is Latin for "by itself". I try to catch typos and correct them but I missed this one.
Cher Ami saved 200 Men During World War I. Cher ami was a pigeon.
"On Oct. 13, 1918, Major Charles White Whittlesey found himself in a desperate situation. After being forced into a small valley on the side of a hill, he and 194 of his men were trapped behind enemy lines. The Germans were advancing on all sides, leaving them no room for escape. Having exhausted their resources, they were now fighting for their lives.Then, their own troops began firing on them, not realizing who they were. Whittlesey attempted to send messages to his troops, but they were continuously interrupted, and often intercepted by the Germans.
So, Major Whittlesey turned to an age-old technique for delivering messages reliably the homing pigeon.
His first pigeon and second pigeon, carrying messages like Men are suffering. Can support be sent? were shot down and third pigeon delivered the wrong coordinates which resulted in the barrage targeting the men even more.
Finally, down to his last nerve, Whittlesey turned to his last pigeon, known as Cher Ami and wrote what he hoped would be his last message: We are along the road parallel to 276.4. Our own artillery is dropping a barrage directly on us. For heavens sake stop it.
Then, he tucked the paper into Cher Amis cannister and sent her off."
Cher ami was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and received the american war medal from général Pershing. Cher ami now lies stuffed in the Smithsonian Institution. The french, the italian, the chinese armies, still keep a special section of trained pigeons.
And even when they do not carry messages, or take pictures, trained or wild pigeons stay the world fastest birds on long distance flight.
Now as far as avian influenza (bird flu) is concerned, pigeons are considered to be less susceptible to avian influenza virus than others birds. More than 200 species are concerned and endangered but the various breeds of poultry are the most concerned. The ones closest to you even landing in your plate.
So rats you said ? You would not eat rats ! would you?
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I am trying to attract various small birds to my feeder.
