Muadh_Khan wrote:
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Some people refuse to walk or bike or what have you for the shortest of distances - that's what I meant about the one on driving to the corner store.
Yes, I know why pigeon wire is put up but architects and planners can devise better solutions or deal with it in other ways. Or, at the very least, don't put the stuff up when birds are already using the area...
Unrelated to use of wires but related to access to places for birds, here's a horror story for you:
The exterior of our building sustained heavy damage from high winds - soffits, along with siding and roof shingles were torn off. It took management more than a year to even get someone to take a look at the issue. In the meantime, pigeons discovered areas with missing soffits and used them to gain entry into the attic-space which gave them a sheltered, safe place to make their nests... Before you know it, there are an awful lot of pigeons around the apartment, lounging on the roofs and could even hear their cooing through the vents.
Anyhow, management finally got around to getting the problem fixed and the solution was just terrible! Contractors came in, went into the attic-space and chased off all the birds. They then sealed all the soffits. But... you could see these poor birds trying so desperately to find a way to get into the attic-space... they were so desperate. A week or two later, there people were up in the attic-space again - they had come to collect all the dead babies :( yes, they died of dehydration and starvation :(
For months maybe even close to a year, pigeons continued to try in desperation to gain entry into the attic-space :( it was the saddest thing! Had management dealt with the problem right away, none of that would have happened. Since they had a problem on their hands, they should have dealt with it in a more humane way but of course, that would have cost them money (having someone come and re-locate the nests or something like that)... and people see pigeons as the rats of the sky (pests).
