The Midland Theatre is an historic theater located in the heart of downtown Kansas City, Missouri. The amazing architecture is something that helps make the theater so special –  unfortunately, the pigeons also love the exterior columns and covered areas. The nesting pigeons were causing a mess all over the front of the building - not to mention that bird droppings are acidic and can cause corrosion.

We began by installing netting in the front. The netting was so effective and unobtrusive that the Midland Theatre had us also install netting behind the building.

Got a call about a bird from a homeowner in Leawood. They walked out their front door and, whoa, this odd, yet threatening bird was in their front bushes.

The bird is an American Bittern, and, when threatened, they spread their wings to look larger and more menacing.

It was unusual to have a Bittern in Leawood, as Bitterns prefer marshes and aquatic habitats, the same type of habitats suitable to herons.

This particular bird was aggressive (pecking) when we arrived. Bitterns are a Federally protected bird and we were happy to safely relocate this one --- I'm sure he was much happier back in his natural habitat!

This was a fun call that came in from Parkville, Missouri. A repeat customer called and said they had something in their chimney. We came out and crawled into the fireplace to have a look. When we opened the damper and looked up, it was hilarious, because blinking right down at us was a beautiful Great Horned Owl.

It was very unusual to have a Great Horned Owl in a chimney, as Great Horned Owls are not cavity nesters, whereas the Barn Owl is a cavity nester. A cavity nester looks for openings, nooks, and crannies to get into for nesting. Even though this Great Horned Owl had accidentally ended up in the chimney, the owl was going to die if it wasn't safely removed because it could not unfurl its wings in the chimney.

Despite the fact that we were savings its life, the rascal wasn't happy with us as we carefully removed it.

It's very rare for us to release a rescued animal on the homeowner property, yet we were able to safely do so in this instance (and, of course, there was never a repeat call as the bird only got into the chimney on accident).

Sports stadiums with outdoor overhead roofing very commonly need bird netting. We’ve installed netting on stadiums ranging from High School up to Professional stadiums (that we can’t mention the name of).

These particular photos are from the Park Hill District Soccer Complex in Parkville, Missouri. For this particular building, some netting was initially installed when the structure was built. The problem was that the netting was ineffective, something which underscores the value in having animal-behavior specialists install your bird netting.

In this case, the netting installed by the contractor had a few small spots that were left open. Sure, it saved time and money on the initial install, but starlings and sparrows are cavity nesters. They look for and will find openings. In addition, cavity nesters are not deterred by bird spikes. 

We were contracted to properly install bird netting to prevent the starlings and sparrows from nesting overhead in the soccer complex roofing.

Also, we’ll point out that general contractors and procurement employees will appreciate the photo that shows our technician in the lift - because they will notice the safety harness. We not only value the lives of animals in our community, but the health and safety of our technicians is very important to us. With Catch-It, safety regulations aren’t a hassle: they are an important safeguard for our team when we are working at your location.