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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: CAP1 on December 10, 2011, 12:19:33 PM
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namely for european starlings. they're nesting in the building where my shop is. they crap on everything. although they're pests/vermin, i'd rather not kill them, but i'm tired of having to wash bird poop off of customers cars before i give it back.
so.......what effective non-lethal ways are there to get rid of these things? i've heard that playing sounds of them in distress will confuse and scare these things off, but not wanting to spend a couple hundred bucks on the ones on the market. i also can't seem to find sound clips.
anyone got any advice, before i start spreading poison around the building and parking lot for them?
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If you want to, and are willing to take on a bunch of pissed off birds, try to get rid of the nest itself.
Bird Spikes work good as well for such problems.
http://www.nixalite.com/BirdSpikes.aspx?gclid=CObh7PGR-KwCFdIAQAod4BtJUQ
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Birds hate microwaves. Get a radar gun and pwn them.
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install a plastic owl on the roof.
http://www.gemplers.com/product/RD300/Horned-Owl-Decoy
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Plastic owls are a waste in my experience....targeted bird ends up using the "owl" as a roost. <G>
Can you block the entrances the birds use to get into the building? some chickenwire or something?
An eagle cost me $500 bucks this spring -- he took the prop off my masthead anemometer.
We should of made the turkey the national symbol, then we could shoot eagles. :devil
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Plastic owls are a waste in my experience....targeted bird ends up using the "owl" as a roost. <G>
Can you block the entrances the birds use to get into the building? some chickenwire or something?
An eagle cost me $500 bucks this spring -- he took the prop off my masthead anemometer.
We should of made the turkey the national symbol, then we could shoot eagles. :devil
it'd be pretty hard for me to get up there. besides, there's enough nooks and crannys on top of the roof, that they'd just move up there. that's why i'm trying to find somethign to chase em away.
i'm honestly not totally averse to killing them, but i'd rather not have to do that. i just want em to go away. if i have to kill a few dozen of em to make that happen, then i will. i've read about a poison that kills them slowly, so that the affected birds cry in agony. this cry scares the rest away, and once they're broken of that habit, then it's settled. but once again......i don't like the idea of killing anything slowly.
if it were as simple as the noises, i could load the proper sounds on a usb stick, and either play them through my computer, or leave the windows down on my car, and play those sounds through the cars stereo.
i figured we've got a very large, very knowledgeable community here, and for something like this it's a good place to start.
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it'd be pretty hard for me to get up there. besides, there's enough nooks and crannys on top of the roof, that they'd just move up there. that's why i'm trying to find somethign to chase em away.
i'm honestly not totally averse to killing them, but i'd rather not have to do that. i just want em to go away. if i have to kill a few dozen of em to make that happen, then i will.
Kill one and stake it to the roof as an example of what will happen to the rest if they dont leave :D
I actually plan on doing this with my little girls first boyfriend, Ill let you know how it works
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Kill one and stake it to the roof as an example of what will happen to the rest if they dont leave :D
I actually plan on doing this with my little girls first boyfriend, Ill let you know how it works
uuummmm........... :noid :noid :noid :neener:
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Kill one and stake it to the roof as an example of what will happen to the rest if they dont leave :D
That works for seagulls. On the seaplane lake here there is a LARGE population of birds -- there have been many birdstrikes. We were trying to keep the gulls from nesting, an officer assigned to Gull Island in the lake breaking eggs, using noisemakers, and even killing them with shotguns. We left some of the carcasses hanging on sticks -- the gulls started to get scarce. However we were right across the channel from an officer building, some bird lovers took offense and that was the end of that!!
Next trip was to put a couple of hogs on the island. They spend the summer eating gull eggs then were butchered in the fall. :D
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That works for seagulls. On the seaplane lake here there is a LARGE population of birds -- there have been many birdstrikes. We were trying to keep the gulls from nesting, an officer assigned to Gull Island in the lake breaking eggs, using noisemakers, and even killing them with shotguns. We left some of the carcasses hanging on sticks -- the gulls started to get scarce. However we were right across the channel from an officer building, some bird lovers took offense and that was the end of that!!
Next trip was to put a couple of hogs on the island. They spend the summer eating gull eggs then were butchered in the fall. :D
uuummmm........... :noid :noid :noid :neener:
See CAP, and you thought i was crazy :lol
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You can try these methods-
http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/agdex729
Otherwise I do have a starling distress call recording- http://www.4shared.com/audio/QDjM3B1U/Starling_distress.html
Welcome to the world of invasive species. For the most part, they're here to stay and control of them isn't easy.
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Come on CAP, the truth is they are telling you what they think of your Mushtang by adding pokadots to it. :devil
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Daisy Red Ryder
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Come on CAP, the truth is they are telling you what they think of your Mushtang by adding pokadots to it. :devil
ACTually, it's my jeep as far as my personal cars go. i park the stang out where they don't go in the parking lot. there's a toyota with a blown engine that's been setting there for 2 months, with not a drop on it. i park the stang right there. my jeep on the other hand is covered.
yesterday i had to wash off a box truck that is one of a fleet of 4 that this HVAC guy brings to me. they had the hood and windshield covered. same with a guys lexus sc430.
i really can't have this happening to customers cars. it's a waste of my time, waste of water, and worst of all, if a customer sees it, they sure as hell aren't going to appreciate it.
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Daisy Red Ryder
i got an old bb gun at home....but i can see me making more damage than anything. i do have a paintball gun. what's the legality of me getting pepperballs for it? they'd prolly work.......
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i got an old bb gun at home....but i can see me making more damage than anything. i do have a paintball gun. what's the legality of me getting pepperballs for it? they'd prolly work.......
you can just freeze the paintballs.
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you can just freeze the paintballs.
Then its a .50 or .68cal BB, i think he was concerned about doing damage to things
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I got it
(http://i888.photobucket.com/albums/ac82/mbailey166066/clay.jpg)
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i got an old bb gun at home....but i can see me making more damage than anything. i do have a paintball gun. what's the legality of me getting pepperballs for it? they'd prolly work.......
The downside to that is when and if you miss you might end up cleaning just as many cars of paint splatters. Remember that paintball guns are not exactly accurate unless you mod them. It also depends on what kind of marker (gun) you have. FYI the average speed for a paintball is somewhere around 200 FPS. You can tune that higher or lower as well.
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Man I searched for systems that get rid of em, cheapest way might be to just kill them, and I leave that method at your discretion
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The downside to that is when and if you miss you might end up cleaning just as many cars of paint splatters. Remember that paintball guns are not exactly accurate unless you mod them. It also depends on what kind of marker (gun) you have. FYI the average speed for a paintball is somewhere around 200 FPS. You can tune that higher or lower as well.
Wouldn't it be better to use a BB gun? more accuracy meaning your more likely to not miss and get paint splattered on someones car or window?
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Wouldn't it be better to use a BB gun? more accuracy meaning your more likely to not miss and get paint splattered on someones car or window?
Pretty sure thats what I said? :headscratch:
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you can just freeze the paintballs.
the idea with the pepperballs wasn't so much to actually shoot the birds with them, but shoot them up into the areas they nest. i'm sure the lingering pepper will deter them somewhat.........it's like i said...if i have to start poisoning them, i will....but i'd really rather not. i'd rather just chase em away.......
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I got it
(http://i888.photobucket.com/albums/ac82/mbailey166066/clay.jpg)
lol :rofl :rofl
hey chief!! i blew the entire wall off, but those suckers won't be nesting here anymore!! :rofl :rofl
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Make sure that it is legal to disturb the nests before you mess with them. I had a problem with barn swallows when I first moved in to my apartment and thank god I checked the net before I disturbed the nest. Turns out it's illegal in AR to disturb a swallow nest that has eggs in it.
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Take the eggs out and then disturb it.
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Make sure that it is legal to disturb the nests before you mess with them. I had a problem with barn swallows when I first moved in to my apartment and thank god I checked the net before I disturbed the nest. Turns out it's illegal in AR to disturb a swallow nest that has eggs in it.
these things are considered pests/vermin nearly country wide. i shouldn't have too much trouble.
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Take the eggs out and then disturb it.
check pm's dood........
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What about an airsoft gun? Wouldn't kill them and you wouldn't have to worry about hurting any cars. I would think after you shot 'em enough times with an airsoft they wouldn't come back.
I have a full auto that cranks out 75 bb's in less than a minute. That would be perfect for shooting into a hoarde of birds with.
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Beretta 12 guage over/under:
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try the airsoft gun. but if that doesnt work you can always get one of theese for ur shop.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3144/3029306444_69139e7b16_o.jpg)
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You can try these methods-
http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/agdex729
Otherwise I do have a starling distress call recording- http://www.4shared.com/audio/QDjM3B1U/Starling_distress.html
Welcome to the world of invasive species. For the most part, they're here to stay and control of them isn't easy.
thanks dood!! i'll try that before doing anything to harm them....if it doesn't work, then i go for the harming methods.....
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Take a long piece of PVC and see if you can poke the nests down with it soon as they start building.
Maybe try one of them ultrasonic things you plug into the wall. If it dont work, try this....
(http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/standard/TitanICBM1-1.jpg)
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(http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb277/mdar15manager/Motivators/birdshotmoto.jpg)
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just get a few toy snakes .... Not sure if you have a snake problem where you are or not so put them where the birds will see them but not your customers...or you after a late night where you forget you have planted them around....
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i got an old bb gun at home....but i can see me making more damage than anything. i do have a paintball gun. what's the legality of me getting pepperballs for it? they'd prolly work.......
Pepper doesn't bother birds. You can buy powdered capsicum pepper to mix into bird seed to keep squirrels away. The pepper doesn't bother the birds.
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Pepper doesn't bother birds. You can buy powdered capsicum pepper to mix into bird seed to keep squirrels away. The pepper doesn't bother the birds.
this i didn't know.
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Beretta 12 guage over/under:
(http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa409/Christopher_Morris/PA240437.jpg)
Umm... You know you got 2 pigeons and a squirrel in there, right?
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(http://cineplex.media.baselineresearch.com/images/312162/312162_large.jpg)
when did the cylons create their own version of owls? :noid
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pour vinegar wherever you see them go. or wherever the nest is. also try spraying the nest with weed killer and an engine cleaner mixed.
vinegar should hurt their lungs when they breath it in. if it doesnt the weed killer and engine cleaner will start opening flesh wounds and infecting them. I've gotten rid of 3 nests by doing that.
I'm not sure if this is even an option by pour gasoline where they preside and cover the exits pretty good. gas fumes work wonders, especcialy on hornet nests. be carefull to make sure if its in an open area not to have any sparks or anything that could potencially start a fire.
Back in NC when birds are a problem the 20 gauge is usualy my first choice, but since your probably in an urban area its not. try picking up a 30$ co2 pistol from walmart or somthing and wait on em to fly in