Electronic Pest Control: Devices, Ultrasound, Birds And Pigeons

As city dwellers can easily observe, one of the major problems is the startling amount of birds coexisting with humans. This presents a constant challenge to have effective pest control devices that are not harmful to humans, animals or the environment.

Many speculate pigeons are the most obnoxiously omnipresent pest in any American cityscape. There is nothing quite as frustrating to a city dweller as being awoken by the sounds of roosting pigeons on their windowsill. Of all the birds capable of surviving in the American city climate, pigeons are among the noisiest and tend to congregate in large flocks. Unfortunately, the most efficient pest control devices generally are fatal and there are ordinances against killing birds, even the annoying cooing pigeons sitting at your windowsill. Electronic pest control maybe the answer for the city dweller.

Electronic pest control is pest control device emitting ultrasound waves that will not kill the bird; rather, it strongly encourages pigeons and other assorted birds to frequent some other windowsill. Electronic pest control is not just for an irate city dweller trying to rid his or her windowsill of noisy pigeons and other birds, but pest control devices containing ultrasound can be beneficial to the nature lover as well. The ultrasound emitted by electronic pest control is a sound pitched at a frequency which is harmless to the human ear, but absolutely abhorrent to the ears of pigeons or other birds.

Electronic pest control methods and other pest control devices with ultrasound may seem like the perfect solution; after all, no laws are broken, the irate city dweller does not have a pile of massacred pigeons under his or her windowsill, and the nature lover can still admire the serene beauty of pigeons and other city birds without having to harm a single feather.

Electronic pest control devices using ultrasound frequencies are environmentally-friendly; they contain no chemicals that could damage the Earth. The birds are not harmed either, they are just subjected to a noise on a frequency they cannot tolerate. Most electronic pest control devices with ultrasound are simple to operate, generally just needing to be plugged into a wall.

In theory, the idea of using ultrasound to disrupt pigeons and other birds from roosting is unassailably sensible. Electronic pest control sounds like a wonderful idea, and of the many pest control devices available, it seems to be the most environmentally-friendly as well.

Unfortunately there is not enough research available on electronic pest control or pest control devices with ultrasound to come to a conclusion on how effective it is on pigeons or other birds. The only way one can really find out whether electronic pest control devices work is to purchase and test them.



Sources:
Electronic Pest Control. 2005-2006 Shopping.com. http://www1.shopping.com. November 15, 2006.
BugInfo.com. 2006. http://www.buginfo.com. November 15, 2006.