I have an issue on my hands and I want to see if anyone can help me sorry if this is too long. So long ago in my town in floral park New York there was a flock of probably about 3 or 400 pigeons that used to roost underneath the Long Island railroad overpass/train station. That was long before I knew much about pigeons but I used to be fascinated by how many pigeons I would see when my family drone under the overpass. Eventually ignorant people began to complain about the droppings and the town hired a private company to put up spikes and nets everywhere. If I had known about pigeons back then I imagine it would have been a terrible time I can't imagine how many lost thier lives tangled in or trapped behind netting or tossed from the nest too young to fly or fend for themselves. But anyway after that I guess they lingered around for a while trying to find somewhere to sleep after bieng evicted, I can tell because you can see where there are pigeon spikes on store windows and other places close to the train station, that are so low to the ground I couldn't ever imagine them roosting there naturally. Across the street from the train station there was a building with very small parking garage. The entrance to the garage is very low and seems very low for pigeons to roost there but I guess they were desperate. This isn't like most comercial parking garages at big shopping centers it has only one way in and out for the birds Which is a door similar to a garage door on a residential home. However the door no longer worked and the pigeons could come and go as they pleased. They roosted and nested on top of the open door and even into the ceiling of the garage thanks to a few missing ceiling panels.
When I discovered the place the flock was down to only about 100-200 birds. Some of the netting at the train station had torn and spikes fallen off allowing pigeons to begin roosting and nesting there again but not on as big of a scale as before and so I guess they don't really mind to do anything about it. But they have prob been roosting in the garage for 3 or 4 years judging on the amount of droppings there. I had been going back there for almost a year and had grown quite fond of the place. Every night I would skateboard up to the trainstation and the garage making sure there were no injured pigeons on the ground which was a common occurrence. The owner of the garage was a nice man and left them alone for a long time but eventually there was just too much poop. He got a new door and had the old one removed. I was out walking with Noah and was horrified when I saw a new door blocking pigeons entrance from outside. There is another door there for me to go in and when I went in it was difficult to keep Noah under control the entire time because he is terrified of his own kind for some reason, but there were about 30 birds still locked in the garage with no way out. When I opend the garage door they didn't want to go either. This was thier home. There had been three babies currently bieng raised on the top of the door and they had been set on the ground. They were too young to fly but sure old enough to run. Having to round them up with a terrified pet pigeon flying around and trying to land on me wasn't easy. In fact one on the babies was dead on the road before I got there. It was a terrible day. I walked home that day past dumbfounded spectators with a milk crate full of squeakers and an angry Noah expressing his discontent loudly on my shoulder. I took care of those babies for about two weeks before giving them to a rehaber. As for the pigeon garage, for about a week, every night the pigeons would line up on the ground at the base of door desperatly wanting to go back home. And they would stay there all night on the ground waiting for the door to open. I would usually let them in but during the day they would get hungry and fly out when some one opened the door to park thier car. And some pigeons stayed there the entire time never coming out because they had babies in the ceiling. I would leave food for these birds but I never had enough to feed all of them. Many skinny hungry squeakers and fledglings would jump down out of the cieling because there parents were locked out and unable to feed them. Then when someone opened the door again thier legs and wings would get stuck as the door folded out. I took home 9 starving fledglings with broken wings and legs. I talked to the owner and he said he had hired someone to remove all the birds from the ceiling and bring the babies to a rescue center, but this never happened. Eventually there was only one mother who still had babies in the cieling. They were only eggs at the time. I was waiting for her eggs to hatch and was worried she would leave and get locked out and the eggs would freeze but if that happened I was willing to take them. I checked on them three times a day but school wastes most of my day. Sure enough they hatched and she abandoned them at 5 days old. She didn't have enough food to feed her and them and her mate was nowhere to be found so I think she abandoned them. This was mid November and the babies froze to death. I remember walking home with them huddled under my sweater hoping to god they would live but they didn't. After that the nesting slowed down. Most of the pigeons had left the garage and taken up residence on the window ledges on the buildings outside the garage. They weren't desperate to get back in anymore. There were still about 20 pigeons that still slept in the garage. They would come in and out with the cars and I would usually leave them food when I came by at night. But then they started nesting again. On a small ledge above the door. I didn't want the parents to leave so I started leaving a lot of food every morning, no more school to worry about Becuase of the Holliday break and they get water from a leaky faucet at the back of the garage. At this same time they blocked up the cieling again. There is still a small hole they could get in and out but only one pigeon was still going up there. Thankfully they left the nest and it's two eggs alone. And then the people from the small pub across the street began to start screwing with the birds. Somehow they had managed to catch one, I think I flew in one of thier windows, but they had tapped up its tail feathers in duck tape for whatever reason. I let him into the garage and caught him with a fishing net and untapped him. Then they apparently entered the garage yesterday with an air horn and scared all the pigeons out, including the parents of the eggs. I quickly let them back in but the eggs were cold! They could have been hours without heat and it's early January! The parents are still sitting on the eggs but do you think they died or will they still hatch? Also tonight when I went there the door was open again and it was broken. I couldn't get it to close. And there was a lot of pigeons there probably thinking thier home is back. This really scares me because the owner might think it was the pigeons and thier droppings that broke the door again. And they might try to get rid of those eggs or chase the parents out again. I am really worried and I hope they can fix it so they can leave it alone. I will keep you guys updated on what happens. Would anyone else handle the situation differently? And do you think they eggs died when thier parents were gone or might they hatch?
When I discovered the place the flock was down to only about 100-200 birds. Some of the netting at the train station had torn and spikes fallen off allowing pigeons to begin roosting and nesting there again but not on as big of a scale as before and so I guess they don't really mind to do anything about it. But they have prob been roosting in the garage for 3 or 4 years judging on the amount of droppings there. I had been going back there for almost a year and had grown quite fond of the place. Every night I would skateboard up to the trainstation and the garage making sure there were no injured pigeons on the ground which was a common occurrence. The owner of the garage was a nice man and left them alone for a long time but eventually there was just too much poop. He got a new door and had the old one removed. I was out walking with Noah and was horrified when I saw a new door blocking pigeons entrance from outside. There is another door there for me to go in and when I went in it was difficult to keep Noah under control the entire time because he is terrified of his own kind for some reason, but there were about 30 birds still locked in the garage with no way out. When I opend the garage door they didn't want to go either. This was thier home. There had been three babies currently bieng raised on the top of the door and they had been set on the ground. They were too young to fly but sure old enough to run. Having to round them up with a terrified pet pigeon flying around and trying to land on me wasn't easy. In fact one on the babies was dead on the road before I got there. It was a terrible day. I walked home that day past dumbfounded spectators with a milk crate full of squeakers and an angry Noah expressing his discontent loudly on my shoulder. I took care of those babies for about two weeks before giving them to a rehaber. As for the pigeon garage, for about a week, every night the pigeons would line up on the ground at the base of door desperatly wanting to go back home. And they would stay there all night on the ground waiting for the door to open. I would usually let them in but during the day they would get hungry and fly out when some one opened the door to park thier car. And some pigeons stayed there the entire time never coming out because they had babies in the ceiling. I would leave food for these birds but I never had enough to feed all of them. Many skinny hungry squeakers and fledglings would jump down out of the cieling because there parents were locked out and unable to feed them. Then when someone opened the door again thier legs and wings would get stuck as the door folded out. I took home 9 starving fledglings with broken wings and legs. I talked to the owner and he said he had hired someone to remove all the birds from the ceiling and bring the babies to a rescue center, but this never happened. Eventually there was only one mother who still had babies in the cieling. They were only eggs at the time. I was waiting for her eggs to hatch and was worried she would leave and get locked out and the eggs would freeze but if that happened I was willing to take them. I checked on them three times a day but school wastes most of my day. Sure enough they hatched and she abandoned them at 5 days old. She didn't have enough food to feed her and them and her mate was nowhere to be found so I think she abandoned them. This was mid November and the babies froze to death. I remember walking home with them huddled under my sweater hoping to god they would live but they didn't. After that the nesting slowed down. Most of the pigeons had left the garage and taken up residence on the window ledges on the buildings outside the garage. They weren't desperate to get back in anymore. There were still about 20 pigeons that still slept in the garage. They would come in and out with the cars and I would usually leave them food when I came by at night. But then they started nesting again. On a small ledge above the door. I didn't want the parents to leave so I started leaving a lot of food every morning, no more school to worry about Becuase of the Holliday break and they get water from a leaky faucet at the back of the garage. At this same time they blocked up the cieling again. There is still a small hole they could get in and out but only one pigeon was still going up there. Thankfully they left the nest and it's two eggs alone. And then the people from the small pub across the street began to start screwing with the birds. Somehow they had managed to catch one, I think I flew in one of thier windows, but they had tapped up its tail feathers in duck tape for whatever reason. I let him into the garage and caught him with a fishing net and untapped him. Then they apparently entered the garage yesterday with an air horn and scared all the pigeons out, including the parents of the eggs. I quickly let them back in but the eggs were cold! They could have been hours without heat and it's early January! The parents are still sitting on the eggs but do you think they died or will they still hatch? Also tonight when I went there the door was open again and it was broken. I couldn't get it to close. And there was a lot of pigeons there probably thinking thier home is back. This really scares me because the owner might think it was the pigeons and thier droppings that broke the door again. And they might try to get rid of those eggs or chase the parents out again. I am really worried and I hope they can fix it so they can leave it alone. I will keep you guys updated on what happens. Would anyone else handle the situation differently? And do you think they eggs died when thier parents were gone or might they hatch?