Timely post… A still, clear, calm day today, so I brought down my anno pole for it’s semi-yearly cleanup. Yup, you guessed it, Doves (and an occasional pigeon)…
Was able to get the droppings off all 4 of them (Production, one for a test system of win10, one for a soon-to-be test system for Linux-Mint, and a spare. 95%clean now.
As a test I’ve hot-glued a stretch of 20lb nylon fishing thread from the peak of the vane to the middle of the bullet nose. It’s not meant as a permanent fix, just a test to see if it defers the birds and their droppings. If it works, I’ll use some small screws and mount several strands to help me out.
Pigeons, yes, it doesn’t help me being less than a quarter mile from the desert and the farms, nor does me feeding the songbirds and doves in the yard (SWMBO loves to watch them), tho’ it is mostly the doves that camp out on it waiting for breakfast, or 2nd breakfast…
Ken