mint Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 We have a glassed-in verandah and the piece of glass at the gable end (not the front door end) is huge and looks like an open space. Twice now in the last month, a pigeon has flown smack onto the glass. Fortunately, the first pigeon was merely stunned, although it made a heck of a thud on the glass, but this morning, the second pigeon has killed itself flying into the pane of glass.Clearly, something has to be done, and quickly, to stop any more of these poor things killing themselves on our glass pane.Any suggestions, please? And PDQ....Thanks....yours in sorrow and distress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 A stick on cat with reflective eyes.Did you make a pie or just pop it in the marmite?P.S. Anything that reflects and moves, a hanging pendant for example, will frighten birds with the exception of alouettes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Stop cleaning your windows so thoroughly.[Www] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted April 13, 2011 Author Share Posted April 13, 2011 Pacha, I have seen those garden things with a cutout of a cat with glary eyes, Yes! That's got to be the answer!I'd eat pigeon but not one that has killed itself on my verandah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Someone on here suggested that old CDs were best, preferably Cliff Richard, as they would frighten off any bird[6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Definitely true! Round here the local peasants collect the Orange Offer CDs from Hyper U and hang them on their fruit trees; works a treat with cherry trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted April 13, 2011 Author Share Posted April 13, 2011 Coops, Wooly, thanks for the suggestions.Actually, there is one part of the damned pane of glass that I can't reach to clean and Wools, I will MAKE the OH sacrifice one of his CDs tout de suite!Thank you, thank you.....might not sound like it but I am in great distress after confirming, forensically, that the corpse indeed has a broken neck.[:(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cendrillon Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 ooh, murder in the Dordogne, how gruesome[:(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted April 13, 2011 Author Share Posted April 13, 2011 Well, Cinders, please do NOT send Poirot down, will you? I don't think I can cope with his "mais, mon amie" at this very moment.Plus, I don't need any denouement just now..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Don't be too upset Sweets, just think what you have saved us all from. [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoneySuckleDreams Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Stick on bird of prey is the normal way, I think they are supposed to look like Sparrow Hawks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 [quote user="sweet 17"]I'd eat pigeon but not one that has killed itself on my verandah.[/quote]Just out of interest, why not?Dead is dead and possibly better a broken neck rather than shooting as no chance of breaking a tooth on a bit of lead shot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted April 13, 2011 Author Share Posted April 13, 2011 [quote user="Théière"]Don't be too upset Sweets, just think what you have saved us all from. [:)][/quote] Teapot, we laughed till we cried!But, I guess we will try the CD suggestion by Wooly (though we do not possess any Cliff Richard CD) and we will go look in the shops for a cat cutout with glittery eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted April 13, 2011 Author Share Posted April 13, 2011 [quote user="Pierre ZFP"][quote user="sweet 17"] I'd eat pigeon but not one that has killed itself on my verandah.[/quote]Just out of interest, why not?Dead is dead and possibly better a broken neck rather than shooting as no chance of breaking a tooth on a bit of lead shot[/quote]Pierre, don't fancy plucking the feathers and GUTTING the thing!!!I remember well when we first moved to the West Country and a Country Gentleman (peasant) brought me a brace of rabbits and told me with great pride in his voice, "missus, them not be shot, them be ferreted"...no lead shot as you say!After I had looked in their glassy eyes for an hour or two, I just stuck them in the disposal bin! How prodigal we all were in those days! I mean in the days BEFORE one lived in France and the exchange rate was 1.12.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pommier Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 If you don't want to pluck and gut them, why not just cut the breasts out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted April 13, 2011 Author Share Posted April 13, 2011 Ouch!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 I think braised pigeon and Poirot sounds delicious...Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissie Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Quick interim solution, though not very elegant:Cut a black rubbish bag into long strips and tape ends across the top of the glass. They will hang there and flutter about. See this a lot round here and was puzzled till someone explained it. Have to say I wouldn't want to have that all the time!Chrissie (81) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cendrillon Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 For a more glitzy look you could use foil strips, they might suit the chateau better than the black, plastic bag variety[;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted April 14, 2011 Author Share Posted April 14, 2011 Thank you for all the suggestions. I am truly grateful.I have now insisted that OH gives me 2 cds to suspend from the ceiling of the verandah.Now, it's a question of which of us is brave enough to climb up some steps to affix said cds. OH, who used to think nothing of climbing onto roofs, etc (including the roof of the Milennium Dome in London), is now, due to his advanced age [:P], reluctant to climb anything more than a couple of steps high.So, it looks like it will be yours truly, perched on steps over the stairwell with OH hanging on to the ladder and dog looking on anxiously, who will somehow thumbtack the bits of string tied to the cds.Oh well, anything rather than have those pesky pigeons making marks on my glass pane, I suppose.See, it wasn't ALL altruistic!!![:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted May 25, 2011 Author Share Posted May 25, 2011 I've revived this thread to say that Wooly's suggestions of CDs have worked a treat on the end pane of glass.However, since the last incident 2 more pigeons have come unstuck. One got away but the one from today is still looking in a vegetative state where OH has removed it for safety away from the dog.CDs, while a great suggestion, are OK for the end gable glass pane because they are not too obtrusive. However, I am not too keen on having a row of CDs hanging the length of our verandah.Therefore, can someone else suggest something that is more appropriate?Angela, I will, in all probability use the foil strips as an interim measure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 To give credit where it's due, I think the foil was Cendrillon's suggestion!Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Finally in the right place.[:-))]http://www.cookitsimply.com/category-0020-017m1.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted May 26, 2011 Author Share Posted May 26, 2011 Pacha, shall I send the carcasses to you in 2 Sèvres?On a brighter note, the bird from yesterday seems to have woken up enough to have flown away; at least it wasn't there this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Hang up one of yer old nighties - that'll scare 'em off!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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