Scarecrows and other visually intimidating props placed on the ground can be useful in deterring birds within a certain radius, but one company is looking further afield by battling the pests in the ...

It is almost that time of year again. Snow starts melting, temperatures begin to change, and birds start flying back north. Spring brings us new scents, new taste, and new sights and creatures. Bugs ...

Pigeons leave their droppings on our car, and I don't know how to get rid of them. They come in the morning and get on top of the Stokely Advertising sign and then come down to the house. -- M.B., ...

Oftentimes scarecrows or other intimidating props are placed on the ground to deter birds within a certain radius, but one company is looking at a different tactic to keep the feathered flocks away.

March 30, 2009, Chicago -- The threat that birds can pose to life was vividly demonstrated recently by the safe emergency landing of the U.S. Airways passenger jet in New York City's Hudson River.