I'm getting right fed up with a pigeon or something that sits on the
> apex of our house overnight. Might not be a pigeon, but it's clearly a
> bird of some description roosting.
>
> When I go out in the morning there is a humungous pile of bird pooh
> located immediately under the apex of the eaves - it almost looks as
> though the damn thing has permanent diarrhoea, there's so much of it. >
> The idea of a catapult comes to mind. If I weren't anti-gun I might
> also consider an air rifle. However is there a DIY solution that might > be suitable? >
> Unfortunately I can't climb up there because the ladder would have to
> be near-vertical as it's the path between the house and garage (about
> 3 ft wide max), and heights and me don't mix.
>
> PoP
>
We used to have terrible trouble with pigeons roosting on the roof apex above our bedroom window, culminating in a large pile of pigeon poo in the centre of the windowsill.
Fitted one of these bird scarers to the apex with some quick set araldite and have not had a problem since:-
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of a problem if you can't access the apex though!
Dave