Netting has been installed this week beneath the rafters at the entrance to the Canada Summit Centre in an effort to deter roosting pigeons. If early results are any indication, the move appears to have worked. On Monday evening when the netting was first being installed, a row of perhaps somewhat confused pigeons lined the peak of the structure. When this writer stopped by Wednesday afternoon, with the netting fully installed, only four of the birds were still hanging around. More have since returned but with time, we’re told, they will disperse.
The netting was installed at a one-time cost to the Town of $15,000. It was given the go-ahead by Town Council after they determined that the cost of maintaining the previously installed spikes was both too expensive and not effective.
UPDATE July 14:
During installation of the netting, one pigeon would not leave the rafters. Rather than stress the pigeon in an effort to chase it out, says Fire Chief Steve Hernen, a live trap with corn and water is in the rafters and as soon as the pigeon is safely inside the trap, it will be released outside.
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- The pigeon netting spans the underside of the entry to the Canada Summit Centre
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- This pigeon, one of only a handful remaining not long after the netting was installed, may be wondering what just happened
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- A lone pigeon refused to leave the rafters. A live trap with food and water has been placed inside the netted area. Photo: Liz Rice
Read Doppler’s earlier story about the Canada Summit Centre’s pigeon woes here.
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It would have been nice if before they put up the netting they had cleaned the mess off all the beams so it looked better.