Is the title of my article, ‘how to scare pigeons away,’ quite confusing for you? Are you thinking why someone would like to scare away birds as cute and peace-loving as pigeons? Let me tell you the reason.
Pigeons are no less than winged rats. You may find them cute and entertaining sometimes but mark my words. They won’t take long to become a menace if you let them choose your home, an ideal nesting spot for them to rest, stay, and reproduce. I agree with you to some extent if you say that pigeons are harmless. Still, once you experience their growing population around your home or offices, you too won’t disagree with me on how much damage they can cause to your property, surroundings, car, and other things.
Along with causing damage to the materials around your home and environment, pigeons can also be responsible for creating some health-related problems. For example, pigeons can be a medium of bringing in disease-carrying ticks and mites into your home.
Hence, after experiencing these problems, I decided to find out some practical ways to scare pigeons away. After searching and testing many methods, I found the following techniques to scare pigeons away, the most effective ones.
There you go with the solutions.
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Watch Out Your Bird Feeders
Do you keep some bird feeders on your rooftop or your lawns? Let me tell you. Pigeons do not like sharing their food with other birds. They scare away the little ones and start getting attracted towards your residence due to these bird feeders. The only way of keeping them out is either removing the feeders or keeping them at a safe place where pigeons cannot reach or find them. If nothing else, use bird birth control feeds like OvoControl P to reduce their numbers gradually.
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Use A Hose to Spray Them Away
If pigeons have just started roaming around your residence or workplace, you have a chance to scare them away before they start nesting there. You can use this tip to deter them, but once they have selected your place as their nest, you won’t be able to get rid of them by using this method. Hence, it is necessary that you spray them with a hose as soon as you catch them intruding your territory. You can also use an automatic water jet sprayer that will scare the pigeons away. So, all you need to do is stay vigilant and keep checking for any pesky birds revolving over your residence and as soon as you find some, warn them by using a water jet sprayer or a hose to let them know this property is yours.
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Try the Scarecrow to Scare the Pigeons.
You can also use a scarecrow for scaring pigeons. There are many devices available for this purpose. Yes, you read it right. In this era of technology, it is no more a time of those old scarecrows made with straws and twigs. You will get amazed by the types of bird scaring decoys available today. Do not get confused with this wide variety. I will guide you on which one will be the most effective. Go for the scarecrow device with the silhouette of a hawk. It should also make movements and some noise. But keep in mind. The birds are smart. Keep changing the scarecrow’s position, or the pigeons will start realizing that it is not going to do any harm to them. And soon, you will see them perch mockingly on the device you installed to scare them away.
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Using Reflective Surfaces is Not a Bad Idea.
Let’s try an old gardeners’ trick for keeping pigeons away from your home. Have you ever seen gardens adorned with shiny things like CDs and other shiny materials? You might have wondered why gardeners use such materials to adorn their farms. This is because they are reflective and are useful in creating a prism type effect. When sunlight reflects through such prism creating objects, it affects the eyesight of pigeons. Hence, they bypass your territory. This method is useful only if pigeons have not already nested in your region. But if they have, you need to try some more practical tips.
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Try Netting to Keep Your Sheds Protected
We intend to keep our homes or workplaces safe from the birds that are detrimental to our properties and may cause health-related problems. And we do not want to harm birds. So, let’s try this trick. Cover the areas with a net. Netting keeps pigeons away because it blocks all the ways for them to enter your property. You may consult a professional or try some DIY ideas that you can easily find on the internet. This method is safe for birds as well as practical.
