Any alternatives for dish pooping piggeons

**Cband55** · 12-28-2009 05:33 PM

Killing them with bb airguns if fun but messy, also I felt remorse about killing the first one until I realized I ate 10 chicken wings.

Do owl decoys work?

**Lak7** · 12-28-2009 05:39 PM

Do owl decoys work?

Yes!
Well, Owl Decoys work on boat docks.

**turbosat** · 12-28-2009 07:23 PM

I don't get the part about the chicken wings.....too late in the day I suppose, lol. You could get a couple of cats maybe.....

**Bill_KY** · 12-28-2009 07:34 PM

Would ultrasonic devices work? Like the ones that are supposed to repel mice and there are others that repel deer. Maybe some kind of offensive smell repellent ? A hawk would likely be a natural pigeon repellent.

**olegray** · 12-28-2009 07:45 PM

If you can find a plastic or rubber snake about 2 foot long, that will give them something to think about. Worked for me when I put one in a shade tree where I park one of my vehicles during the summer.

**Anole** · 12-28-2009 07:50 PM

The snake and owl/hawk sound like winners, but that won't stop me from brainstorming up another idea: -

How about a motion sensor hooked to a solenoid valve for a sprinkler by the dish.?.
Birds fly in, birds gets sprinkled.

Just remember to turn off the defenses before YOU approach.
... and ya might want to think about whether it should be on a timer for daylight-only sprinkling (?)

**1ADAM12** · 12-28-2009 08:19 PM

Hot Foot. There is a product that comes in a caulking gun cartridge that has Cayenne pepper in it. Apply to roosting areas. If for Gulls, there is metal garland material that has sharp points.

Lived on a boat for several years that had a covered slip. After awhile the snakes and owls don't work.

**AcWxRadar** · 12-28-2009 08:25 PM

Dish pooping pigeons? Whooaa! I'd get to shelter first, even a small dish could hurt like heck if it hit you!

Ha!

Seriously, do they roost on the dish and make a mess, or are they roosting above and your dish just happens to be located below their nest?

If they are landing on the dish, they surely are most likely sitting on the prerimeter of the dish or on the LNBF or the support arms. Could you adorn these areas with some obstructions to deter them from roosting there? Like wooden, glass or decorative plastic spikes on the upper perimeter of the dish? You could make it look decorative and the pigeons would find it hard to roost on them.

If their nests are above, and especially if far above or dropping aerial bombs, there probably isn't much you can do besides eliminate the pigeons or shelter the dish.

You might be able to coat at least the dish reflector with something to make it easier to clean.

I keep waiting for a buck whitetail to use my dish for a rubbing post, but fortunately, that hasn't happened yet.

RADAR

**Anole** · 12-28-2009 09:10 PM

Maybe ya just need to install an appropriate Owl-perch... one that attracts owls. -

**AcWxRadar** · 12-28-2009 09:23 PM

Originally Posted by Anole

Maybe ya just need to install an appropriate Owl-perch... one that attracts owls. -

That is an awesome picture, Anole. I actually had an owl as a pet once a few years ago, for about a day.

A male Great Horned owl. It flew up out of a ditch and a passing truck hit it and broke its wing. I took it to my cabin and let it poop all over before I took it to a raptor recovery center.

I had him riding in my truck as I was driving down the highway, not in any cage or box. He jumped up on the passenger armrest and was lookiing out the window when I passed a semi. I just about caused an acccident as the truckdriver kept staring at my "pet"?

Does he bite? No, but he's a real hoot! LOL

RADAR