[TowerTalk] Ridding Birds from the Tower

[Grant Saviers]

I had a bad pigeon infestation in a city house and was advised of two 
principles of deterring bird roosting -

1. Collections of guano indicates to birds it is a safe roost. So, 
pressure washing an area regularly helps.  A little difficult with an 
antenna.

2. Leaving a dead bird in the roost is a strong deterrent to roosting.  
This worked extremely well for me in two situations, lead poisoning as 
mentioned and leaving the carcass in place.  That would take a bit of 
work on a tower or antenna boom, however.

Grant  KZ1W


On 11/20/2013 11:16 PM, Chuck Smallhouse wrote:
> I've been very successful in discouraging the roosting of large 
> avians, on my antenna systems with the use of a pellet rifle.
>
> It has the advantage of being quiet and not disturbing the neighbors.  
> A high quality one, with a 4 power scope is < $130, when on sale.
>
> I consider these large birds in the same vein as rat and mice 
> infestations.  I expect flames from the tree huggers !
>
> Chuck,  W7CS
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