LDK: pigeons

pigeons

19.01.04

Posted by Jun
[ Misc. ]

ココに越してきてからずーっとハトに悩まされてます。ベランダの前に恰好の電線があり、そこがたまり場。10羽はザラ。気が付くと我が家のベランダにもハト。落とし物もたくさんでフン失物管理も大仕事です。一番の悩みは朝7時（夏場は6時）頃のお隣のベランダで開かれる大パーティー。お隣さんが餌付けしてるんです！クルック～、バサバサーだけでなくドンッと我が家のベランダの壁板にアタックしてきたり。何やってんだ～？目覚ましでも起きられない私を早朝からギラギラにさせる憎いヤツラ。

I am troubled about pigeons since we moved to this flat. They love to sit on electric cables in front of our balcony, and jumped to our balcony, leave lots of droppings and feathers. The most annoying thing is they have a party at 7am on our neighbour' balcony. Our neighbour feeds pigeons! They coo a lot, flap their wings loudly and dash themselves against our balcony' wall. What are they doing?! I can't wake up on my own even with an alarm clock in the morning but they wake me up very easily in the early morning. I HATE them!

今までは鳩にヤメてくれ（シッ！シッ！）とお願いし続けてきましたが、やはり受け入れてもらえる訳もなく。いろいろネットで鳩退治の勉強をしたりと鳩ノイローゼ気味の私を見て心配になってきたからなのか、それとも眠りの深さでは私の一歩上を行く旦那までもが週末の早朝に起こされたからなのか、旦那が「隣にお願いしに行こう」と言ってくれました。頼もしい！でも、話すのは私。お隣さんのコメントは「すみません」との事だったので、これで朝の安眠は確保かな。洗濯物も安心してベランダに干したいよ。

I've been asking pigeons to leave me alone, but of course they don't listen to me. C usually sleeps deeper than me but pigeons woke him up in the early Sunday morning. He didn't want to see me being very desperate about pigeons anymore or he also became very annoyed? He suggested to ask our neighour not to feed Pigeons. I think our neighbour understood how we feel. I hope we can sleep well and I can hang out washing on a balcony.

huum wrote:

電線に鳩。カラス。海沿いだったらカモメでしょうが、5年ぐらい前＠世田谷区岡本では電線に蛇が綱渡りしてました。その時、鳩は一羽もとまってませんでしたよ。

Carsten wrote:

Our neighbour must really love the pigeons: getting up to feed them at 7am every morning and even cleaning their shit from the street below her balcony! Maybe we should give her a canary or something? I hope she stops feeding them.

Nigel wrote:

Hi Carsten Hi Jun I'm going to visit my mum tomorrow, and take some photos. She has a pigeon which she has adopted! It comes in through the bathroom window, and sits on the door!! I'm going to do some drawings of her with the pigeon! I'm sure you think it's gross, but at least she only has one, and it's inside, and if it shits it usually goes in the toilet or in the sink! It's a very posh pigeon with fluffy feet, and a face a bit like a budgie. She knows the pigeon is a girl, and I really don't want to know how she knows that!! There was an article about my work in a magazine today. It starts something like 'Nigel Grimmer leapt to fame in 1998 with his installation of a gay doll...' but nearer the end says '6 years later Nigel is still playing with toys..' HA HA! Much love x

Jun wrote:

えぇぇ～～！ヘビの綱渡り！コワイけどちょっと見たいかも！そういえばネット情報にもオモチャでもいいから蛇をベランダに吊るすと鳥が来ないとかあったな。でも何だったんだろうね、そのヘビ。玉川に戻るのに道路を使うのはキケン過ぎた？ Do you remember she feeds them arounf 6am in Summer! We are not night owl anymore but too early! I don't want to see 10 canaries on neighbour' balcony. I guess I don't like any kind of birds. She keeps a dog anyway, no more birds! Nigel I don't mind if your mum likes pigeon! I just don't want to see them everyday and clean their shit!! I have to translate huum' comment. 'I guess It's normal to see pigeons and crows on electric cables, also seagulls in a seacoast. But I saw a snake walked the wire 5 years ago in Setagaya in Tokyo. There were no pigeons on the cable at that time.' Doh! It's scary but I kind of want to see it! I also learnt from internet that hanging a toy of snake works for non-welcoming birds!

Jun wrote:

今、1月28日、あれからほぼ10日。お隣さんは、餌付けをストップしてくれました。ハト達、餌がなくなったらピタリと来なくなりました～。こんなに簡単に解決するなんて、今まで我慢していた1年ちょっと、なんだったんだろ～！でも、良かった～。