A Structured Analysis Of Reliable Tips To Stop Pigeons From Taking Over Your Wild Bird Feeder
by Debra Garrison
A wild bird feeder in your backyard is supposed to help attract a wide array of local birds for the avid birdwatcher. It is therefore a big disappointment if all you manage to attract are large flocks of pigeons on a daily basis. To stop these pesky and voracious feeders from ruining your plans, here are some handy tips to keep them away.
Anyone with a clue about the feeding behavior of pigeons will know that they cannot resist feeding from off the ground, especially in parks and city benches. With this in mind, all you need to do is raise your feeder some few feet above the ground and the pigeons will be none the wiser that there is some grub to grab in your backyard. Feeders located higher up are however irresistible to songbirds.
Some pigeons are too clever to figure out that the feeders have just been raised above the ground and can start the vicious cycle all over again. To ensure that your feeders are completely pigeon-proof, ensure that your feeders are hanging and swinging if a large weight is added. Even more effective is to ensure that the perches are much smaller to support only light birds such as hoppers and finches.
Pigeons are also naturally attracted to your backyard if there is always some spilled birdseed in the vicinity of your feeders. As such, to get rid of them for good, ensure you clean up any spilt birdseed as soon as this happens. Moreover, if you keep the area less messy and all tidy, there will be a lower risk of your feathered visitors picking up disease and infections from your yard.
If you want to attract plenty of songbirds to your yard, add plenty of black oil sunflower seeds to your bird feeders. Songbirds naturally love sunflower seeds as they are full of nutritious proteins but pigeons find them unpalatable. On the other hand, avoid any bird seed mixes comprising oats, millet and corn as these will attract pigeons by the hordes.
Electronic devices which emit a high pitched sound are said to serve as good deterrents to pigeons looking to gatecrash your back garden bird-seed party. It is said that the device discourages pigeons from landing in the garden to feed but has no effect whatsoever on songbirds. However, you will have to determine if the unwelcome sound the device emits can justify its usefulness as a deterrent.
Some savvy bird lovers do not go for solutions aimed at scaring pigeons away. All they do is make the food inaccessible to the unwelcome birds by having the feeding trays caged with an appropriate wire mesh. The mesh should have spaces that are just wide enough to let in small songbirds while keeping out those with heftier body sizes such as pigeons.
The benefits of having an effective wild bird feeder in the back garden cannot be overemphasized in the eyes of an avid bird watcher. However, it can be frustrating if all the feeder manages to attract are voracious and messy pigeons. To preclude such a turn of events, use the tips outlined here to serve as pigeon deterrents.
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Title: A Structured Analysis Of Reliable Tips To Stop Pigeons From Taking Over Your Wild Bird Feeder
Author: Debra Garrison
Email: birdgalley@gmail.com
Keywords: wild bird feeder,bird feeder,window bird feeder,wild bird feeders,songbird feeder
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Category: Hobbies
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