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Friday night and the EggHead Forum option of the forum choices is eerie quiet- I need to get a life!

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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,329
    Throbbing, prickly engineering problem this Friday eve.  Again.
     
    I’m probably starting to become a Friday night whiner, apologies in advance.
    The last few days I’ve noticed a brightly-colored pigeon hanging around the lawn on the SE corner of my house; odd, because I’ve never really seen pigeons of any kind around here, nor downtown, from Ogden to SLC.  The last couple days I’ve also noticed odd noises on my south wall, and tonight I realized this damn thing decided to hang out around my south-facing carport.  Then I noticed the big pile of sh*t on my windowsill, and the random droppings on my Audi, and my truck, and around my carport.  
    The thing would fly across the street when it saw me at first, but now it’s flying just out of my reach, taunting me.  I just heard it land again on my windowsill, and it’s dark now, he’s probably roosted.  Two questions, right now:
     
    1.  I know it’s illegal to kill songbirds; is a pigeon considered a songbird?  And,
     
    2.  Any more humane ideas to get rid of him?  I hate killing anything, but if you’re gonna crap on my Audi you are marked!  I need to do dishes now and will check in a bit later.  [/whine off].  
    "First method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."
           - Niccolo Machiavelli

    Ogden, UT, USA

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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 7,316
    A pigeon is known as squab in the culinary world. I don’t think it’s called a songbird. Do you have a pellet rifle? If so SSS( shoot, shovel, and shut up).
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  • kl8ton
    kl8ton Posts: 6,395
    pew pew

    Shoot spatchcock and shut up
    Large, Medium, MiniMax, 36" Blackstone
    Grand Rapids MI
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  • kl8ton
    kl8ton Posts: 6,395
    This reminds me...

    Years back when my kids were a lot younger....

    One of the neighbor dads wandered down to our property. This was when we lived out in the country. He was looking for his cat. He brought his kids with him. My kids started questioning him about the fact that he was not at work during the day. Then they proceeded to tell him that I had the SSS rule when it came to cats. Ugh. I never met the guy before we moved but...
    Large, Medium, MiniMax, 36" Blackstone
    Grand Rapids MI
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,652
    Try a fake owl figurine out there.  May cause it to relocate.
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
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  • zaphod
    zaphod Posts: 1,011
    edited October 18
    spiky bird deterrents?
    ~~
    Large BGE, Jonesing for a MiniMax
    The Vegegrilltarian

    The first rule of egg club is: you do NOT talk about egg club.
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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 8,883
    I think it’s mostly migratory birds that are federally protected.
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


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  • Buckwoody Egger
    Buckwoody Egger Posts: 1,466
    don’t go “stone ages”. if this sob is as talented as you say he is, get a wide angle ring camera. record your battles and make a youtube account for the Muhammad Ali of pigeons show and get yo CHIPS. 
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,329
    I'm not proud of what I've done.
    Late Friday night, I opened my south door, and propped the screen door open (so I didn't have to unlatch it), and turned off the motion-detector light in my car port.  Looked around the kitchen, and saw the very heavy cardboard tube that my 2' aluminum straightedge shipped in, and set it aside.  
    Heard the beyotch land on my windowsill, and tear down the aluminum foil ball I had attached.  And I waited.  
    After an hour of darkness, I assumed he had roosted.  I grabbed my 2' cardboard "club", jumped out the screen door and swung!  I'm monumentally unathletic/uncoordinated, but I hit him!  He flew into the bed of my truck, I ran to the side and swung a second time (missed), he flew up to the roof of the house, and I couldn't get to him again. 
    By then a couple of the neighbors' windows lit up, and I heard police sirens starting up close by, so I retreated to the house and killed all the lights (this from experience).  Went to bed. 
    Haven't seen or heard from him since.  I really hope I scared the piss out of him and he's roosting somewhere else; I may have injured him and he died in a different location (mowed the lawn and didn't see him here).  Hoping for the first scenario.  
    "First method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."
           - Niccolo Machiavelli

    Ogden, UT, USA

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  • Buckwoody Egger
    Buckwoody Egger Posts: 1,466
    lol great recap!!!
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  • Canugghead
    Canugghead Posts: 13,622
    edited October 20
    @Botch

    My pigeon story: As kids many moons ago we would trap wild pigeons and sell them to the livestock vendors at the local food market, for pocket money. The trap was super low-tech... just a small wooden box propped up by a stick tied to a string, with a handful of uncooked chickpeas under it. 

    You can try that without hurting the pesky fella but good luck releasing him far enough that he can't find his way back 😂 


    canuckland
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  • johnmitchell
    johnmitchell Posts: 7,354
    Will be watching A House of Dynamite on Netflix tonight. Sounds like it will be a good watch 
    Greensboro North Carolina
    When in doubt Accelerate....
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  • Buckwoody Egger
    Buckwoody Egger Posts: 1,466
    edited October 24
    these two pigeon stories, side by side, are really great as well. is the pigeon intelligent?  if based unilaterally on wayfinding, maybe so .. but look how easily it takes bait. is the pigeon an adversarial warrior or just a messy self centered neighbor?   do we know any human pigeons?   maybe find out next time on friday night’s “drink while you think”.   happy friday!!!!
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  • GrateEggspectations
    GrateEggspectations Posts: 11,508
    Happy Halloween, all! Wishing you pumpkin spice and everything nice. 



    A little gourd humour goes a long way. 

    (I will see myself out.)
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  • zaphod
    zaphod Posts: 1,011
    edited October 31
    there are no words ...
    ~~
    Large BGE, Jonesing for a MiniMax
    The Vegegrilltarian

    The first rule of egg club is: you do NOT talk about egg club.
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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 7,316
    Well there are words but we can’t say them here .
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  • Canugghead
    Canugghead Posts: 13,622
    zaphod said:
    there are no words ...
    No pellet maze, no words, no problem.

    canuckland
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  • GrateEggspectations
    GrateEggspectations Posts: 11,508
    Don’t forget to show your support tonight, @Canugghead.


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  • GrateEggspectations
    GrateEggspectations Posts: 11,508
    @Canugghead

    Relics from the good old days. They should be in a museum! 😂
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  • zaphod
    zaphod Posts: 1,011
    edited October 31

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    Large BGE, Jonesing for a MiniMax
    The Vegegrilltarian

    The first rule of egg club is: you do NOT talk about egg club.
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  • Canugghead
    Canugghead Posts: 13,622
    GrateEggspectations said:
    @Canugghead

    Relics from the good old days. They should be in a museum! 😂
    Haha, my son was three, now his son is three 😂 
    canuckland
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,652
    @Canugghead - you've got some serious collectibles right there.  Nice Slugger with the Joe Carter sig.
    Just bring it home tonight!
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
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  • Canugghead
    Canugghead Posts: 13,622
    Thanks @lousubcap We need the stars to line up again given how awesome Yamamoto is, the silver lining of not winning tonight is extra revenues for the local economy!
    canuckland
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,652
    Hoping for more trick or treaters as the weather is dang near perfect; low 50's *F no rain.  Candy buy (full sized chocolate bars) based on the last two years average trend.  Mail boxes will get a bonus tomorrow at the current rate.  
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
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  • Buckwoody Egger
    Buckwoody Egger Posts: 1,466
    solid halloween weather here as well with most houses running fire pits in the driveway. 
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  • GrateEggspectations
    GrateEggspectations Posts: 11,508
    lousubcap said:
    Hoping for more trick or treaters as the weather is dang near perfect; low 50's *F no rain.  Candy buy (full sized chocolate bars) based on the last two years average trend.  Mail boxes will get a bonus tomorrow at the current rate.  
    You are the kind of house that develops legendary status (full-sized bars). 

    The kids enjoyed a few such houses tonight.


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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,652
    Time to turn off the outside lights and declare victory.  Bonus candy bars to be mail boxed tomorrow.
    Go Toronto!
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
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