The Home Depot sells big plastic owls just for this kind of thing. Put it up on the roof, and move it around every few days. They'll get the message and vacate the area pretty quick.How can I get rid of the hundreds of pigeons that sit on my phone lines? Non-stop droppings!!?
My spouse's university grounds had this problem with millions (literally) of grackles every fall. They tried everything. Owls. scarecrows. rubber snakes. Live cats and dogs staked to the ground. Loud noises that go off randomly or rock music playing real loud. People firing off b-b guns randomly into the crowds. The multitudes just ignored the dead bodies that fell off the trees right next to them. The entire student body of an Ivy-League engineering school could not devise anything to scare away a million grackels. Your group may be more pliant. Try a large screaming truck horn or ball game horn randomly in the late afternoon when they just come back to roost for the night.
The school finally re-placed the walkways to go around where the birds congregated. Everyone learned to live with them as a fact of life.
If nothing else works, I suggest get a cover for your car and carry an umbrella.
The owls usually work. I have to move mine every couple of months. They seem to start ignoring it after seeing it not move for long periods.
Buy and extra one. Next time you see a power/phone crew in your area, slip em a 20 to attach it to the top of the nearest telephone pole. Worked for my friend anyway.
Run some fishing line between trees and telephone lines overhead. Just put a weight on your rod and cast from point to point and tie off. This works well with seagulls also. Sounds like you got a problem be very low key if rat poison and bird feed becomes necessary to thin the population.
In my area you can purchase plastic owls to set out to keep the birds away. They are used a lot around here and seem to work.
maybe you can shoot the birds and can/dry/smoke the meat for donation to the poor. of course check for toxins
You need an owl or a hawk, but pigeons will become wise to a plastic owl.
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