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Forgive me if this question has been asked before. I am new to feeding my local birds...

Is there a way to deter great flocks of pigeons taking over your feeding stations? Are there foods they don't care for? ways to locate food where they won't go?  I have only been feeding for a month or so, and slowly but surely, every pigeon from miles around heads to my yard daily. 

Not only is it difficult to feed the birds I'd most like to feed (quail) because of the competition with the pigeons. I think this is also beginning to annoy my neighbors, who must endure bird crap in their yard from where the pigeons congregate on the wires between our yards.

I stopped spreading seed for the quail because more pigeons got the seed than quail. I was hopeful I could continue to provide suet, hung low for the quail as well as high for the songbirds. But the pigeons seem to have developed a taste for suet too, which I had not ever observed before. So I feel like there is very little I can do for the quail at this point. I am out of options, and will have to give up feeding just as it is about to get cold here, if I cannot figure something out.

I have provided water for a long time, and will continue to do that. Pigeons will still come, but wont stay for long usually.

At this point, if I stop feeding for the ground birds entirely, I am just hoping that the pigeons will learn to stop hanging out for food. This could take another month or so for them to unlearn...

I rent my house, and most of my neighbors own. So I *really* don't want to be in bad standing with my neighbors and worse, have complaints made to my property managers over this. 

all ideas welcome and appreciated!

Jen

Black oil sunflower seeds should do the trick. Pigeons/doves (same family) will try to feed on BOSS for a few days, but will eventually get discouraged and move on when they can't break them apart. I use the plastic tube feeders (finch) and simply clip the pegs shorter so the pigeons/doves can't perch on them. I think I paid $4 at Walmart. You can buy expensive dome feeders, covered triple tube feeders with trays, or cage-type with trays under them to catch the debris but birds will perch on these types. For my money the plastic single tube feeders for finches work great. Just remember the more "garbage" food you put out like day old bread, cracked corn, and suet, the more garbage birds you will attract like pigeons along with squirrels, mice and rats!

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Thank you for your advice. I do feed sunflower seeds in a tube feeder, but pigeons seem to forage for the seeds that fall. At first I thought they would not be interested in suet and I could feed my quail with that at least, but the pigeons even went for that too. I didn't realize it was considered a low grade food....So I have pretty much stopped feeding. I will try the BOSS only method though, though not sure my quail can crack those and can eat them. Many thanks!