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| QUOTE (omnivorette @ Jul 8 2004, 07:08 PM) |
| Arrrrrrrgggggghhhhhhhhh. |
Ex cetera, ex cetera, ex cetera.
I spent about 45 minutes today on my "balcony" cleaning up pigeon crap. Mind you, this was after paying professional pigeon control people four figures to do the same early in May. Okay, they also glued down some spikes. Tomorrow, R. and I will buy some big potted plants. Neighbors who have such gardens on their similar balconies seem not to have the flying rats.
| QUOTE (Lippy @ Jul 9 2004, 02:59 PM) |
| I spent about 45 minutes today on my "balcony" cleaning up pigeon crap. Mind you, this was after paying professional pigeon control people four figures to do the same early in May. Okay, they also glued down some spikes. Tomorrow, R. and I will buy some big potted plants. Neighbors who have such gardens on their similar balconies seem not to have the flying rats. |
For pigeons I like a a rather tightly choked 20 gauge. Its more sporting.
I finally gave up and bought a heavy-duty plastic runner to lay over our deck. It's easier to hose down than the brick.
If the area around our garden weren't so densely populated, I'd buy an illegal BB gun.
If the area around our garden weren't so densely populated, I'd buy an illegal BB gun.
Please bring it with you on your next visit to NYC. I promise choucroute.
| QUOTE (Lippy @ Jul 9 2004, 03:59 PM) |
| I spent about 45 minutes today on my "balcony" cleaning up pigeon crap. Mind you, this was after paying professional pigeon control people four figures to do the same early in May. Okay, they also glued down some spikes. Tomorrow, R. and I will buy some big potted plants. Neighbors who have such gardens on their similar balconies seem not to have the flying rats. |
I wonder if those fake owls work?
I'm on the 9th floor and can't really hose down anything any more than I could use the BB gun or shotgun. The balcony is unusable. I'm hoping that the pigies don't like the plants. I've been tempted to put out some poisoned food, but I'm afraid they'll die right on the balcony. I've rarely felt so much hatred for any living creatures.
The fake owl worked for about 10 minutes. Now it, too, is covered with pigeon crap.
We tried the fake owl - Sybil actually sprang for one with a revolving head. 
The pigeons knocked it off her deck.
The pigeons knocked it off her deck.
Here we are having a problem with Nightshade Herons, which leave half eaten fish all over people's patios and yards, along with copious amount of crap.
Oh yes, the fake owls. Of course, of course.
What about the technique of using the piano (?) wire strung about 2 inches above the railings? Does that (perhaps with a fake owl or two) work? If not, you could take up falconry.
| QUOTE (Ron Johnson @ Jul 9 2004, 04:27 PM) |
| Here we are having a problem with Nightshade Herons, which leave half eaten fish all over people's patios and yards, along with copious amount of crap. |
| QUOTE (Lippy @ Jul 9 2004, 03:36 PM) | ||
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Yes, you are correct. Its just Night Heron. still quite messy for this one neighborhood.
Here is the story.
I always see lots of Great Blue Herons down at our lake house. Lovely creatures.
| QUOTE (hollywood @ Jul 9 2004, 04:34 PM) |
| What about the technique of using the piano (?) wire strung about 2 inches above the railings? Does that (perhaps with a fake owl or two) work? If not, you could take up falconry. |
Our balcony doesn't have railings, which is part of the problem. Instead, there is a solid brick wall that gives them the privacy and security they like for nesting. On top of the wall I now have two rows of heavy-duty pigeon spikes. Since they were installed, the pigeons no longer pace on the ledge, but fly directly down to the floor, clever and agile creatures that they are. Unfortunately, it is against the NYC fire code for the spikes to be placed on the floor of the balcony, so the pigeon control guys wouldn't do it even though I begged them to. I guess I could put them down myself, but the plants are more attractive, if they work. The configuration of balconies on the building does not make netting a workable solution.
| QUOTE (Lippy @ Jul 9 2004, 03:42 PM) |
| but the plants are more attractive, if they work. |
Cacti?
I was thinking of some kind of spiky evergreen that can stay out all winter.
| QUOTE (Lippy @ Jun 30 2004, 09:22 AM) |
| He actually said yesterday that even though he can't paint a picture, he considers what he does his art. He is meticulous and what he finished is the best paint job I've ever seen. It's the rest of the room, the hallway and the kitchen that have me upset. Do you feel like painting, Orik? |
Lippy, is he finished yet? How does it look?
He did eventually finish. It looks beautiful. Although the color is called "Mt. Rainier Gray," it is really more blue than gray, very subtle and sophisticated. The yellow kitchen is very appetizing. It took me almost as long to put everything back as it took him to paint.
Alan's new computer will be set up Monday evening. The new furniture is supposed to be here during the first week of August. I'm striving mightily to whip my home into shape.
Alan's new computer will be set up Monday evening. The new furniture is supposed to be here during the first week of August. I'm striving mightily to whip my home into shape.
| QUOTE (Lippy @ Jul 9 2004, 03:42 PM) | ||
Our balcony doesn't have railings, which is part of the problem. Instead, there is a solid brick wall that gives them the privacy and security they like for nesting. On top of the wall I now have two rows of heavy-duty pigeon spikes. Since they were installed, the pigeons no longer pace on the ledge, but fly directly down to the floor, clever and agile creatures that they are. Unfortunately, it is against the NYC fire code for the spikes to be placed on the floor of the balcony, so the pigeon control guys wouldn't do it even though I begged them to. I guess I could put them down myself, but the plants are more attractive, if they work. The configuration of balconies on the building does not make netting a workable solution. |
Have you tried poison?
No. I've been very tempted, but I'm afraid they will die right on the balcony, and then what?
| QUOTE (Lippy @ Jul 9 2004, 09:17 PM) |
| No. I've been very tempted, but I'm afraid they will die right on the balcony. |
Dinner.
Ernest Hemingway claims to have caught pigeons in the Luxembourg Gardens for dinner when he and Hadley were poor, young newlyweds.
Would flags or banners fluttering in the breeze discourage them?
| QUOTE (Cathy @ Jul 9 2004, 04:20 PM) |
| We tried the fake owl - Sybil actually sprang for one with a revolving head. The pigeons knocked it off her deck. |
Mine also has the bobble head. It did work for a very little while, but pigeons catch on fast.
my grandmother once took care of a crow that had a broken its wing. It became fully domesticated (potty trained too) and was a most effective anti-pigeon weapon.
edit: experts are telling me that having your eyes poked out by an upset crow is possibly worse than some pigeon crap on the balcony.
edit: experts are telling me that having your eyes poked out by an upset crow is possibly worse than some pigeon crap on the balcony.
At least you wouldn't have to look at the pigeon crap.
But the sound is deafening. 
After yet another so-so baking result last night, I am forced to admit that my little Viking oven can't handle two full sheet trays at once. This morning I made another batch of gougeres and parked one sheet in the fridge while baking the second. MUCH better.
Roy thought the first batch was just fine, so it won't go to waste.
Roy thought the first batch was just fine, so it won't go to waste.
Friends who trip over and break domestic model cables, so no connection at home right now
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| QUOTE (Lippy @ Jul 9 2004, 04:17 PM) |
| No. I've been very tempted, but I'm afraid they will die right on the balcony, and then what? |
More poison.
Feeling crimped, so go swimming. Breathe on right side. More crimping. Sleep on left side. Left side crimped. Go swimming. Breathe on right side. Lower back crimped.
Repeat.
Repeat.
Tonsillitis. Even swallowing is painful. 
| QUOTE (johnboy @ Jul 14 2004, 02:12 PM) |
| Tonsillitis. Even swallowing is painful. |
Poor David
| QUOTE (Pink & Fluffy @ Jul 14 2004, 02:15 PM) | ||
Poor David |
Okay, I'm sick, but you're sicker.
One of my friends is playing an open air concert down at the Seaport in about an hour's time. Cue thunder and lightning. 
The ads that this site throws up continue to provide total annoyance (How to Avoid Animal Ingredients kits) and amusement (Sexual Health Clinic on Harley St for Cabbie's Joe's Stone Crab thread 
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Two brand-new computers and no internet connection. I'm in the library, with 10 minutes to go on my allotted time.
I'm in the library, with 10 minutes to go on my allotted time.
At least you seem to have all the letters of the alphabet. 
- Mouldering lemons
- Godawful Kew Gardens open air concert - same bloody thing year after year after year
Oh Lippy
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Sitting in Bryant park yesterday, trying to get some work done, a hairy caterpillar of the you-really-don't-want-to-touch-me--I-sting variety suddenly appears on my keyboard. I pick up a leaf, encourage the creature to get on it and place it on the nearby greenery. It looks around, wondering what to do and then tosses itself to the ground and makes its way back to my chair. After a couple of repeated attempts I give up and it finds a home on my bag.
A few minutes later, another one one lands on my keyboard...a clear signal this wasn't a very good place to sit...
A few minutes later, another one one lands on my keyboard...a clear signal this wasn't a very good place to sit...
Caterpillar's sting? Who knew?
And lady(bird/bug)s bite.
| QUOTE (Wilfrid @ Jul 15 2004, 05:28 PM) |
| Caterpillar's sting? Who knew? |
Yes. Many of them do. See here:
http://bexar-tx.tamu.edu/IPM/Landscape/F1/...aterpillars.htm
The ones in Bryant park seemed like moth caterpillars, not sure which, but quite large and on close examination their hairs were organized like those of stinging varieties. (I knew all that exposure to formaldehyde would turn out to be useful)
Aha! (doesn't sting)
Looks like one of those hideous beribboned Yorkshire Terriers favoured by New York matrons.
That's quite beautiful. Orik, you should be proud that they find you irresistible.
Yes, indeed. That creature is called "Woofti" or "Cuddles" by something, somewhere.
Are you sure it's not called Creepy Hairy Slug?
Problem only partly solved: the new modem is working, after considerable fiddling with the coach on the phone, but further doing and undoing will be necessary to get the router working so that the two computers are both on-line.
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