to wanna erradicate all bloody pigeons?

[MrsDrOwenHunt]

1: the coo very loudly
2: they shit everwhere
3: they lay bloody eggs everwhere
4: the are flying rats.
5: they are useless bastards what is there purpose, bastards

bastard seagulls keep shitting on my beautiful car, kill them too.

I am more in a self hating mood of my bastard self today tbh after having a leisurely vino session last night, and a whooper headache this morning to boot, but that is a whole other story

I tell you who is a tad noisy by us though ,but a pure delight our twit twoo of an owl.Amazing as we live in the city btw.We nickname him ASBO.

I can see a pair in the tree in my garden. They're sat gently cooing at each other in the sun.

Pigeons are only in cities because of nasty grubby humans and the worst they do out here is eat my crops, so I have to cover them.

Humans on the other hand...

I don't like pigeons either, but more than that, I don't like the fact that my next door neighbour feeds the bloody things excessively imo.

Not only is her fence, pathways, and surrounding area black and white where it is covered in pigeon droppings, but I cannot put any washing out for long without it getting covered in the crap.

Every time I see a pigeon, I think of Tom Lehrer and 'Poisoning Pigeons in the Park' .

they are just bastards, i went out today and ronan and yvonne tried to nest on my balcony again, yvonne hid behind the bucket so i tipped water all over her, i swear that she didnt give a monkeys arse coz she was back 1 min later.bitch.

mrsowenhunt

i was only joking about starting a pigeon thread

BUT FINALLY I AM NOT ALONE

They are horrid, and yes humans are vile too, but we often have a go at them on aibu and no one bats an eye lid so fuck you feathery fuckers - hah!

thanks honey i am also glad i am not alone!!

This thread has made me think of the song that always used to get my friends and I dancing, it was one of my boyfriends favourites, he sadly died a few years ago.

Enjoy.

(Sorry Millimurphy! )

ta ferret

strapping on my dms right now

So you want to kill any wildlife you find offensive?Pigeons are much maligned for doing what comes naturally.

Elephants go to specified places to die that does not offend me.

Pigeons do it in my loft - that does - a lot. And thats not natural.

millimurphy, my karma just gives up with pigeons, I really am not a bad person they have just cood, crapped and ticked, and trashed the paint on the car, and dented the bonnet (twice|) all the compassion in me has gone.

bastards x cooing shitting bastards

Honeydragon - do something pro-active - seal off where they are entering your property. Cover your car if it is in a pooping zone (as for them denting it - not sure how they would, they don't weigh an awful lot - all fluff and feathers!).

And you MrsDrOwenHunt - think of some way to stop them landing on your balcony. Surely human wits can out-manoeuvre pigeon intelligence?

BouncingFerret - you should be ashamed, lol. Remember the song and the sentiments.

oh thanks you so much i hadnt thought of trying to stop them landing on my balcony, silly me just sitting here watching them land and doing nothing about it, if only i had someone like you to point these wonderful insights to me in rl. sorry could you teach my grandmother to suck eggs too?

Ah, sarcasm - I can understand you must be frustrated. Explain what you have done to deter them and perhaps there will be some suggestions as to what else you could try.

i really like pigeons, so yabu.

humans however i could take or leave

i have put up to date, net (they butted through it) hawks (they laughed at it) spikes are a no go as i have a 4 year old. windmills (they figured them out) i even tried cds(they hate bob the builder too) and foil

I fixed the roof, repeatedly
neighbour fixed the roof, repeatedly
we gave up. They just smash it up NOTHING is more destructive then a determined pigeon.

The dent in the car was from hitting one - it was that or another car and was only going at 20 mph, in fact in our defence several witnesses at time (whilst laughing hysterically) would point out that the pigeon hit us.

When you have an occassional dalliance with a pigeon this is ok - when they roam around in packs it starts to get a bit hitchcocky. My neigbour and I are actually kind of fond of one pair of wood pigeons whom we estimate to be at least 10 years old! But even the wood pigeons round here get pissed of with their poorer cousins. The only time they piss off and leave us and the wood pigeons alone is when the young starlings start grouping - so if anyone can hire me a crack team of young starlings (ideally wearing pants to prevent poop) I have given up,and jsut settled down to a lifetime of hating the buggers. MrsDr OwenHunt and I are not asking the populace to take up arms against them (yet ) - but I wouldn't be devasted if they all decided to flock of elsewhere - for example mars.

PICAS

Simple.

Nice birds, pigeons.