The county backed away from poisoning. Next week it will begin reviewing proposals for other means of pigeon control. One involves trapping the birds and relocating or killing them. One involves Roth's plan to block the entrances to their nests with netting. One involves mild electric shocks designed to make home inhospitable.
Netting is the best solution.
One look into Tootsie's copper-colored eyes can tell you that. When you've got a pigeon close enough to see her blink, she doesn't look like a worthy enemy. They are gentle creatures and no more or less messy than any other bird, my skirt notwithstanding. I can't say what looks worse on a black skirt, pigeon doo or the accumulation of white fuzz a wet paper towel leaves behind. But both came out at the cleaners.