Bird•B•Gone Withstands the Test of Time!


Way back in 1995 the Bank of America branch in Mission Viejo California had a bad pigeon problem. 

The birds, a flock of about 20 pigeons, were nesting under the eaves and roosting  all over the outside of the building.  Customer complaints and maintenance costs necessitated that bird control products be used. 

By coincidence the owner of Bird-B-Gone, Inc., Bruce Donoho used this branch for his personal banking and suggested using his new plastic bird spike system.

“We manufactued the spike in the same color as the trim of the building…we even called it ‘Bank of America brown’”, says Donoho. 

Gerald R. Ford International Airport Prepares for Pest Bird Landings

A new 4,800-vehicle four-level parking structure, site work a n d a grand canopy entry area are currently under construction at the Gerald R. Ford International

Airport in the Grand Rapids area. The approximately $115-million project began in September 2007 and it is expected to be completed in October 2009.  The Grand Canopy is a glass stru cture attached to the parking garage c overing the roadway and two skywalks to the Gerald R. Ford International Airport terminal.  Whether you are waling or driving, you will be protected from the elements. The $114 million budgeted for the project includes roadway changes and utilities. The infrastructure improvements include a new entrance plaza to the airport grounds and an exit plaza from the parking structure

Bird Net Solves Wrigley's Pest Bird Woes

For years the Chicago Cubs have had to share their ballpark with unwanted guests; pest birds. It seemed Wrigley Field was an ideal spot for birds, providing generous shelter, and an abundant food source.

Birds such as pigeons, seagulls, and starlings had been around the park for awhile, but it was complaints from the fans that prompted a real solution.

Bird-B-Gone Spikes Used on New 1-35 Bridge in Minneapolis

It has been a little over a year since the I-35 Bridge in Minneapolis failed during rush hour traffic on August 1, 2007, collapsing to the river and riverbanks beneath.  The bridge, which brought nearly 140,000 passengers across the Mississippi river daily, had been a major route for commuter in the area.  13 lives were lost and nearly a hundred people wounded when the bridge collapsed.

The collapse of the I-35 Bridge caused a countrywide examination into the viability of the nation’s bridges.  It was discovered that in a 2005 report card issued by the ACSE (American Society of Civil Engineers) roughly one quarter of the nation’s 590,750 bridges were “structurally deficient or functionally obsolete”.  Not long after the bridge collapse we learned that the I-35 Bridge had received poor ratings in earlier inspections.  In fact, the Federal Highway Administration had declared the bridge structurally deficient back in 1990.