Pigeon Bulletin Board?

[biophiliac]

 

[backyard pigeons]

what a cool little tree cavity! Thanks for sharing, Biophiliac.

 

[biophiliac]

what a cool little tree cavity! Thanks for sharing, Biophiliac.

Yeah, I can see it's worth fighting for. Prime nest space!

 

[backyard pigeons]

Yeah, I can see it's worth fighting for. Prime nest space!

Pigeon real-estate...

 

[backyard pigeons]

Here you go @cavemanrich

 

[cavemanrich]

Well,,,,,,,,,,,, I do see where the problem is. The Boards are too far apart.
Here are plans for a typical Sputnik. The boards have a 4 inch opening between them. The drop down is 16 inches in this diagram. It functions such, that a pigeon is nor able to land on a surface flying up, since its wings are spread open.

Here are some pix of what I made. It is able to be entered from 2 sides.

Made this from boards that I had laying around. These are leftover flooring boards. The ridge has 1 1/2 inch PVC pipe spacers. A threaded rod holds it all together secured.
The yellow and green colors are not a FASHION STATEMENT
It is what I had left over of some good quality Porch & Deck Paint
Ran out of yellow,,, so finished with green.

Aviary is a dog cage modified.

In above pix , can see a landing pad I installed for the pigeons to easily access the top of aviary where Sputnik rests on.

My pigeons never even tried to escape. Maybe they tried when I did not see. None succeeded

 

[cavemanrich]

You can modify what you have easily. I just estimated the spacing with those red markings. Comparing to size in pix of the 2 x 4 cross braces you have. The 2 verticals look like 2 x 6 to me. Plus 2 x 4 in middle.
So the way I suggest is;;;; using 7--- 1 x 3 boards for verticals. Same for a couple of cross braces. Make sure to start high enough with the cross braces so that pigeon has sufficient head room to enter. (in your arrangement here, I would suggest placing cross braces on top side rather than bottom side of Sputnik Grate) There are ways to avoid the cross braces, but you would have to get creative in fastening the individual vertical boards.
I just wrote 1 x 3, but that is just approximate size. The boards from pallets are just fine for the size
What is important ,,,,,,, the size of the openings. (4 inches) (10 cm for my Euro friends) I just went out where my Sputnik is in storage, and measured just so I would not lead you wrong.

 

[CCUK]

Well,,,,,,,,,,,, I do see where the problem is. The Boards are too far apart.
Here are plans for a typical Sputnik. The boards have a 4 inch opening between them. The drop down is 16 inches in this diagram. It functions such, that a pigeon is nor able to land on a surface flying up, since its wings are spread open. View attachment 1774899
Here are some pix of what I made. It is able to be entered from 2 sides.
View attachment 1774894 Made this from boards that I had laying around. These are leftover flooring boards. The ridge has 1 1/2 inch PVC pipe spacers. A threaded rod holds it all together secured.
The yellow and green colors are not a FASHION STATEMENT
It is what I had left over of some good quality Porch & Deck Paint
Ran out of yellow,,, so finished with green.
View attachment 1774895 Aviary is a dog cage modified.

View attachment 1774896 In above pix , can see a landing pad I installed for the pigeons to easily access the top of aviary where Sputnik rests on.
View attachment 1774897 My pigeons never even tried to escape. Maybe they tried when I did not see. None succeeded

That looks really good and easy to make. I thought about making one when I made my trap but it was a bit cumbersome for my loft. I think they would trap alot easier with one as they always stand on top first looking down to get in.
Oh, and 4" is 101.6cm!

 

[biophiliac]

That looks really good and easy to make. I thought about making one when I made my trap but it was a bit cumbersome for my loft. I think they would trap alot easier with one as they always stand on top first looking down to get in.
Oh, and 4" is 101.6cm!

Are you sure? I'm going with 10.16 cm = 4in....

Edit - It would be 101.6 mm.

 

[CCUK]

Are you sure? I'm going with 10.16 cm = 4in....

Edit - It would be 101.6 mm.

Your right! Serves me right for trying to be clever!