Me too...I'm interested... don't have a Lilac bush but they are interested in something, and very persistent with it. I have all sorts in the border but can't work out what they are after...

Lawsy! It sounds more like deer than pidgeons! You could try spraying on unsweetened, grape-flavored kid's drink, mixed about 4 times normal strength. In my experience, birds don't like that artificial grape flavor. If it is deer, Cayenne pepper may be more effective.

I googled Lawsy Tugbrethil...but got nothing...can you elaborate...in your own time.

I'll try unwseetened grape flavour drink.

Thankfully I am not under the threat of deer....;-)

Kind Rgds

Giroffle, it's American country (actually sort of "hick") dialect, an abbreviated form of "Lord have mercy!", usually used in semi-catastophic situations! : )

Ah !!! "Like Oh Lordy Gordy" Ha Ha !! Gotcha !

I had the same problem with a buddliea and was told to hang a few of the old fashioned mothballs on the bush. I was a bit sceptical but thought it worth a try and it worked. I was a bit worried that the whole place would smell of moth balls so I put them as far away from the path as I could and it was fine. I have put them near my seed feeders with success as well.

thanks everyone,
will try the hanging mothballs, hope it works! I know it was pigeons and not deer because deer would have needed to scale a 6 foot fence and I caught the pigeons actually red handed gobbling the leaves.They also like aubretia [and probably lots of other young growth.] So very many pigeons around everywhere now, I gave up filling the bird feeders last year, because they simply waited on the ground beneath for the smaller birds to drop seeds.They also foul a small patio area where we would otherwise like to sit and read, grrrr.....