Pigeons, also known as rats with wings, love to roost on the window sills, roofs and cornices of brownstones, bringing their unsightly droppings with them. The droppings pose a moderate health risk ...

Pigeons in urban areas can create issues with nesting and droppings on balconies. Instead of harming them, simple strategies like keeping surfaces clean, installing bird spikes or netting, and using ...

Because they don’t have hands. You can evoke a bird with one, maybe two gestures. One is sufficient—beak or wing, and you’re done. Bird. Yet they are strangers to us. They won’t stop moving, won’t ...

Pigeons might have become a nuisance because so many of them gather in your garden that they’re hogging all the bird food and depriving the smaller birds of their due. Or perhaps their numbers mean ...

Despite a plethora of products designed to keep birds off buildings, our feathered friends are sending a clear message: Nice try. Eurasian magpies typically build their nests from thorny branches, but ...