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Dantheman62 · 01-26-2009, 02:49 AM

Pigeons are drawn to landfills and restaurants where there’s garbage. They like heights, so buildings and up-high wires work well as pigeon roosts. Up high, they can see predators below. But, they also want to be protected from above. So, ledges, attics, soffit areas, I-beams, and any other high nook or cranny serves a pigeon well. If pigeons are roosting on your home or business, they draw other pigeons by decoy. Pigeons are drawn to other pigeons. They sense that those pigeons must have food if they’re all gathering around.

Pigeons do carry diseases, which is probably why they have been referred to as flying Pigeons. Ornithosis, encephalitis, Newcastle disease, cryptococcosis, histoplasmosis, toxoplasmosis and salmonella are just a few of the illnesses spread by contact with pigeon poop and dead pigeons.

Maybe that's why they're hanging out above a pharmacy. LOL!

01-26-2009, 02:49 AM	#5
Dantheman62 Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: So. Cal. U.S. Posts: 4,205	Re: Eh, Bird Vortex? Pigeons are drawn to landfills and restaurants where there’s garbage. They like heights, so buildings and up-high wires work well as pigeon roosts. Up high, they can see predators below. But, they also want to be protected from above. So, ledges, attics, soffit areas, I-beams, and any other high nook or cranny serves a pigeon well. If pigeons are roosting on your home or business, they draw other pigeons by decoy. Pigeons are drawn to other pigeons. They sense that those pigeons must have food if they’re all gathering around. Pigeons do carry diseases, which is probably why they have been referred to as flying Pigeons. Ornithosis, encephalitis, Newcastle disease, cryptococcosis, histoplasmosis, toxoplasmosis and salmonella are just a few of the illnesses spread by contact with pigeon poop and dead pigeons. Maybe that's why they're hanging out above a pharmacy. LOL! Last edited by Dantheman62; 01-26-2009 at 02:51 AM.