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Photograph of bird shocking device at Crocker Galleria taken by joe.moore.
Hmm, this makes us sad. How about you?
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I bet that warning is helpful to the birds who take the time to read it, so that they can avoid being shocked. I kinda want to touch it to see what it feels like, the shock.
Is this at the Crocker Galleria?
They must have a major bird problem to resort to this...
It makes bald eagles cry.
eff em.
I love it. Fry 'em!
birds are disgusting. they deserve it.
does it also work on crack heads?
They should have used it on the guy who ran from the cops and jumped to his death.
Show them birdse.cx.
They only get shocked after being convicted of their 3rd strike, right?
that website looks like satire
As much as I hate it, it seems more humane than the bird spikes at the BART stations. I hate seeing a mangled, dead bird stuck in the spikes.
Hmmm... an eco friendly electric chair...
It's just sitting there on a ledge? By the time you read this, I'm sure that thing will have been stolen and put to much better use.
Roast squab is delicious!
Put it on Heather Fongs chair, maybe she will do something for once.
well at least it's a sustainable device.
Outrage should be dependent on voltage. Need more info.
It doesn't fucking *electrocute* birds. It just shocks them so they'll go somewhere else. Pigeons are nothing but rats that fly, so...I vote yes.
And this is not an extreme measure. Electric shock systems are common tools for pigeon abatement...not as common as they would be if they weren't so expensive.
What do you do... grab a bird and make it touch the shock-pad? How does this work? Would it deter birds? There seems to be plenty of unshocking surface available where the feathered could plan their mighty revenge or think bird-thoughts without a shock. I would just like to see this in action.
These usually run on the edge of a ledge...where pigeons like to chill. A better implementation would probably cover more surface area, but this might be enough to push the pigeons to less problematic hangouts. And, at the least, it'll keep them from shitting right off the edge, which puts peds and windows in the line of fire.
Do they have a version for cats? hehe
If it doesn't kill them, yes. If it does, no.
@apqWireless: I wouldn't mind one to get mine to stop crapping underneath the table...blech. :P
how much could each device be pawned for?
Fuck pigeons.
jameth, in this land of sexual freedom you can do what ya like. Just don't walk around holding up a copy of Birder's World and people will show you some respectz.
this is disgusting. I'll never step foot in Crocker Galleria again.
b-b-b-but it's SOLAR powered!
I love the name Bird-B-Gone. It's like something out of looney tunes.
They're there for deterrance, not execution.
A building owner who doesn't want pigeon shit all over the building, windows, and sidewalks also does not want dead pigeons all over the same.
The real shame of pigeon-shockers is that they don't also shock the idiot humans who feed pigeons.
A developer who does not want pigeon shit or hoboes sleeping on the ledges should design the building without ledges.
I read that the Macy's guy freaking hated pigeons. So he had the building built without ledges.
Don't like birds and hoboes? Don't make buildings that are inviting for them, and then put giant shockers and spikes and other rude things there. Deliberate cruelty looks far worse than no ledges.
Bluecanary, you're a silly bird yourself. The 'shock' is akin to licking a 9v battery. How much 'charge' you think that little solar panel generates?
As to the Macy's guy, I am sure he wasn't 'personally' against pigeons (I've met some very nice ones in my day) but probalby didn't like the damage they caused to the building.
As to your suggestion to not build things with ledges, then of course, we'd have ugly sqare buildings with no details, which of course you would likely complain about too.
Also note, pigeon guano in large amounts is actually considered hazardous waste and actually has to be cleaned up by the same guys, using the same procedures, as asbestos abatement.
I personally hate pigeons as I have had several bad encounters with them, so I am all for this system as long as it doesn't kill them. Also, I'm surprised that no one has commented on the name of the system...it's hilarious. I wish there was a "human-b-gone" to get rid of extremely irritating humans as well.
I think pigeons are fine. They're only filthy because they live in human filth. They've adapted amazingly well to our garbage filled cities. I think it's really arrogant to feel any irritation towards them when we're the ones who are polluting the planet.
moonman: next you're gonna tell me that humans are the only animals that damage the environment.