8/8     What level of laser would be necessary to blind a bird? I need to
        eliminate pigeons around my house hazard (health hazard!) Would
        shining a 4.99 mW laser into their eyes do the trick (highest IIIa
        legal)?  Humane stuff is not working and I am limited by what I can
        do due to homeowners association rules ...
        \_ Can't you put up some of those little spikey things that keep
           them from landing?  I see those on buildings where they don't
           want birds to shit all the time.
        \_ that's pretty freaking cruel. just shoot the bird and kill it
           altogether. no need to blind it and make it forever miserable.
        \_ are you in a large city? what is this health hazard? you sound
           like a pretty weird person to want to go shining lasers into
           the eyes of birds.
        \_ Good luck shining the laser directly into the poor pigeon's eye.
        \_ Just hunt 'em with a blowgun.
        \_ You need to buy a .22 rifle.
        \_ Blinding probably won't work.  It would be really hard to get
           both eyes anyway.  A better choice would be a powerful BB gun,
           if you're into shooting them.  I you could keep it up long
           enough, they would also learn to stay away from your house.
           However, probably more effective would be poison bird seed.
           Just mix some rat poison with bird seed, or, even easier, just
           buy some gopher poison, which is usually wheat with cyanide.
           Or maybe try the old bread and alka-seltzer trick, all though
           I'm not sure that works on pigeons.
        \_ This is one of the oddest posts I've ever seen.