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I can't figure out how they do it...
Pigeons love my balcony, for some reason. I cleaned it off and netted it in about a month ago, and they still managed to get in. I noticed that the net wasn't tight in on one corner, (they were landing on the window ledge, walking around the corner, and then onto the balcony), so I taped that down. Still, they got in. After watching for a bit, I noticed that there was a slight gap at the top where they were coming in.
By this point, one had laid a couple of eggs in an empty flower pot. Really not good - baby pigeons are messy.
So last night, I untaped the net from the window ledge, scared the mother bird away, and got rid of the eggs. I swept up the balcony (again), retaped the netting to the window ledge, and fixed the top to remove the gaps. All night long, no birds on the balcony. They perched on the outside ledge, true, but they weren't actually on the the balcony.
"Aha!", I thought. "I just need the power washer, and I'll have a usable balcony for the rest of the summer!"
Just before I left for work, a pigeon somehow got inside the netting. It probably won't be able to find it's way back out again, unless I once again remove the tape on the window ledge.
What's the song again? "Poisoning pigeons in the park...."
Pigeons love my balcony, for some reason. I cleaned it off and netted it in about a month ago, and they still managed to get in. I noticed that the net wasn't tight in on one corner, (they were landing on the window ledge, walking around the corner, and then onto the balcony), so I taped that down. Still, they got in. After watching for a bit, I noticed that there was a slight gap at the top where they were coming in.
By this point, one had laid a couple of eggs in an empty flower pot. Really not good - baby pigeons are messy.
So last night, I untaped the net from the window ledge, scared the mother bird away, and got rid of the eggs. I swept up the balcony (again), retaped the netting to the window ledge, and fixed the top to remove the gaps. All night long, no birds on the balcony. They perched on the outside ledge, true, but they weren't actually on the the balcony.
"Aha!", I thought. "I just need the power washer, and I'll have a usable balcony for the rest of the summer!"
Just before I left for work, a pigeon somehow got inside the netting. It probably won't be able to find it's way back out again, unless I once again remove the tape on the window ledge.
What's the song again? "Poisoning pigeons in the park...."
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Date: 2005-07-07 01:52 pm (UTC)I have absoultely no idea how this one got in. The netting seemed to be completely attached last night. It probably means that it lucked into a tear somewhere, and it's not likely to find it agan in order to get out. Ugh.