Bird Control
Pigeons cause significant aesthetic damage to buildings in many cities, becoming a major nuisance. The presence of bird droppings poses serious health hazards as they harbor disease-causing parasites. These droppings create hazardous conditions on walking paths, making them slippery and dangerous for pedestrians. Additionally, pigeons invade empty spaces, exposed rooftops, windows, balconies, heritage buildings, and commercial complexes throughout the city.
Methods Of Bird Control
To address this issue, bird control methods will be implemented as routine activities in the service area. This involves surveying bird resting sites in palaces and conducting long-term bird control operations based on collected data. Bird control devices fitted on buildings will be regularly monitored and supervised in bird-prone areas on a monthly basis. Sensitive and important sites will have scheduled bird population monitoring to evaluate and employ suitable methods of bird pest control at periodic intervals.
The most effective method of bird control in the service area (palaces) involves trapping large numbers of pigeon-like birds using mechanical food-baited traps. This greatly reduces the bird population in public locations. Various bird control techniques, following local guidelines, include scaring birds away through mechanical and electronic bird scares, removing nests, cleaning and washing off droppings, and applying sterilizing materials. Other methods include bird spikes, bird wires, electrical shocking or heating cords, and bird nets.
In Short,
Methods can be applied to control birds such as:-
- Nests removal, cleaning, washing off dropping and spraying sterilizing materials.
- Bird trapping.
- Bird spikes.
- Bird wires.
- Bird electrical shocking or heating cords.
- Bird nets.
There are safe methods available to keep birds away from the sites, ensuring they are not suitable for resting. This will be achieved through three approaches:
- Firstly, bird spikes will be installed to prevent birds from perching and roosting in specific areas.
- Secondly, bird nets will be fixed to deter birds from nesting in targeted locations.
- Lastly, mass trapping will be implemented using mechanical traps baited with feed materials.
The first two methods will primarily focus on roosting and nesting areas of pigeons, while the trapping technique will capture birds for subsequent release into natural habitats or for appropriate disposal methods as recommended and prescribed by the local Government Authorities.