Jenny: Maybe our doves will adapt to the presence of pigeons in a few years. We never had more than a handful of pigeons in Minneapolis until recently, perhaps the mild winters of recent years has increased their survival, or has allowed people so sit outside and feed the pigeons all winter.
I am not sure what the university does with pigeons--you call them and the pigeons disappear in a few days. The university does follow very strict procedures for ethical treatment of animals, however, and all employees who deal with animals have to take special course before they are allowed to do anything. I did find a number of articles about pigeon and Canada goose control with ovo-control and other chemicals--will send those to your personal e-mail address. Our neighborhood has fewer pigeons this summer than last, and the main difference is that the ravens showed up. If so, thats an ideal form of pigeon control. Lee JennyNYC wrote: > ENTS, Lee, > > Many of you are scientists, and I don't know any other scientists, so > I am hoping you can give me some guidance. I am trying to research a > product that has just been approved for use in NY called Ovo-Control. > It's a pigeon sterilization product. > > Of course it's already up and rolling in Minneapolis, as I'm sure Lee > knows. Hollywood CA is also gleefully tossing it out to the pigeons. > And, since few people like or care about pigeons, there has been very > little accessible research on the possible short and long term effects > of this product. > > Lee, would your friend be willing to point me to some sources about > this? I also would like information on the costs of implementing this > program. I believe anyone can have access to this information under > the "Freedom of Information Act". Or perhaps the University has > information about pigeon annihilation techniques? > > Here in NYC, pigeons do not chase other bird species away. I have a > flock of 20 + mourning doves who come to eat under my song bird > feeders every day. I've had juncos, cardinals, finches, bluejays, red- > tailed hawks, robins, starlings, sparrows, and kestrels come around > too. All in a concrete jungle. Absolutely no green except my plants! > > Jenny > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
