Bird problems...

Oh hell, just collect the stray cats in your area and let em hang around. They eat the birds and don't starve, the dogs get some exercise and the problem is solved for everyone. Only problem with having that many cats around is your new neighborhood name, "the crazy cat lady who lives down the street". By the way, if you don't have strays, cruise over to the apt. The girl that lives across from me saw me feeding the little female that hangs around. She bought one of those feeders that holds a ton of food and stuck it where the little dish was, outside my door. NOW there are half a dozen stray cats, two huge raccoons, one very small and polite(he/she waits it's turn) fox and at least a dozen squirrels that show up about 4-5 am and expect breakfast. I was up late during the holidays, heard a noise, opened the door and they all looked up, all except the squirrels who show up after the cats leave and chatter until they get peanuts thrown to them. You are welcome to them all. Charity has it's limits and I'm going broke buying cat food...
 

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ARRC said:
I can fix your problem...
2 ways...
#1. fishing line... string fishing line from edges of house to nearby trees etc... above your head as far up as you can.
Criss cross the lines... this screws up the birds "radar sensoria"
#2. Buy a couple of large plastic fake owls... place on edge of roof in plain view.. on wall or fence etc.

This is how we do it in Florida to keep seagulls and other birds away from areas you do not want them.
When you eat at the beach etc here... all the restaurants with outside patios have fishing line strung everywhere...
And a few owls as well sometimes.
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The plastic owls work if you don't have pigeons! I'll try to get a pic if I can (never thought about how funny it'd be) of one of the area pigeons sitting right next to mine like it was his best buddy. Glad I don't have sea gull problems anymore! We used to call them rats with wings.
 

I truly love all of natures precious creatures...usually with lemon pepper on a grill..:occasion14:
 

Every spring I had a Cardinal slamming against my Kitchen Window.
for approximately an Hour every day.
the window has a plastic coating on the inside to create privacy.
Mirrror effect outside.

Only thing I can figure was it saw itself & thought it was another Cardinal .

I'v seen it happened once with My Explorer side window which is tinted,
but I don't remember what type of bird that time
 

The birds are just CRAZY!!
I believe it IS the reflection they want to attack... but I also think they have some other reason
(which I don't know) because they do the crap at night too, (sometimes) No lights on at night... no reflections to see!!!
I don't like the fishing line idea because if an animal doesnt see or avoid the line in bunches on the ground and gets caught up... I dont believe putting it in thier flight path is a good idea...
getting line tangled in the wings/neck is sad thought.
The plastic owls DON'T work... I have 1 big one and 4 small ones...
I too have had them attack my car side mirror for hours at a time...
No, my house IS NOT new... been here for years, and not in thier flight path...
that is why I think some of the birds are just "angry birds" LOL
When I put the cat posters on the windows, I would see the cardinals sitting on limbs close by
and actually looking at it in concentration it seemed, as if it were trying to decide which pair of eyes to look at!
AND... NO AUSTIN!!! I don't need to be the cat lady! :laughing7: My house is already full of animals, cant afford anymore!
My 2 cats, 2 dogs are rescues... and I wanted to help a poor dove hurt by a cat long ago... and my wanting birds has turned into owning 26 doves. Dec 2013, I ended up building them a 12x12 aviary so I could ensure their happiness!
I had to stop buying deer pellets and salt licks because I realized I was spending $80.00 a month on just feeding wildlife!!
They get all my scraps out of the house... funny to see a skunk on one end of a sausage, and an opposum on the other end playing tug of war with the sausage.. and they did not fight!... and the deer and fox LOVE bread too.
 

Ok, so the kids in school will talk about the lady that owns the zoo. Good luck with all that...
 

On the dark side. When I was in grade school (before a lot of you were born thank you) there was a tale, might call it a wives tale that if a bird crashed into your window it meant somebody was gonna die. Hold on folks!!! If it indeed was true we'd all be dead by my experiences. And this thread would be dead too.:tongue3:
 

I got up at daybreak one summer day here in TN. Got a cup of coffee and sat in my chair looking out at my deck, pool and pool house through the glass slider door. My black lab was lying at the base of the large slider on a throw rug looking at me. Now I kid you not just like in slow motion this HUGE bird came over the roof of the pool house, crossed the pool and plowed into the slider door at about 5ft. My black lab jumped up and tried to run off the rug onto the hardwood floor and fell down twice. It really hit the glass hard and it was loud also. It hit the deck and was just flopping all over. The bird after about 20-30 seconds got it its feet and just sat there for another 10-20 seconds then flew off. It was a very large bird... about the size of a crow. Red head, black-white feathers with a large beak. Like an overgrown red-headed woodpecker on steroids!!!

I've heard/saw sparrows hit the glass but this bird dwarfed all of them combined... I'll have to look up woodpeckers of Tennessee and see if I can find it... it's huge!!!

Length: 16.5"
Wingspan: 29"
Weight: 10 oz


Tennessee Watchable Wildlife | Pileated Woodpecker
 

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Really sounds like a Pileated Woodpecker
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That greatest loggers, can even take down power poles, the hydro company have to put steel poles or wrap them in a hard PVC coating if the males decide to mark it's territory making the pole it's target.
 

ARRC said:
ODFB...
The fishing line does not "trap" em...
They avoid it... tis sonar.
Read up... you will see.
Repelling Birds Using Monofilament Line
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Ok ARRC... I will try it... AND, I now know a better way to help my fig tree!!
Last year I put bird netting on my BIG fig tree (it was a pain in the butt)
and saw the little buggers getting up under the dang net although it was big enough
to cover it and droop down on the sides! Plus, the net was a pain all the way around...
fishing line I will try. Thanks...
 

Limitool said:
THAT'S IT!!!! Imagine having that coming right at ya. It hit the glass not 8 ft. from me and I watched the whole thing coming. Would of made a great video... but who the hell expects that to happen over there morning coffee?
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First time you ever hear one...you'll never forget it.Such an awesome bird.I have some 35mm pics of them out my back door when I lived down in the Great Smoky Mountains.

 

Limitool said:
THAT'S IT!!!! Imagine having that coming right at ya. It hit the glass not 8 ft. from me and I watched the whole thing coming. Would of made a great video... but who the hell expects that to happen over there morning coffee?
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We have these guys come to our feeders and many other kinds. They were hitting the window and accually killing some. The wife read some where to put sips of red duct tape on window and instead of a couple window strikes a day it's now a couple a month.
 

dirtscratcher said:
We have these guys come to our feeders and many other kinds. They were hitting the window and accually killing some. The wife read some where to put sips of red duct tape on window and instead of a couple window strikes a day it's now a couple a month.
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Yeah... I'll be trying several methods... as they do it on like 6 of the 15 windows in my house!
really annoying they picked one of them right next to my bed...
 

pepperj said:
That greatest loggers, can even take down power poles, the hydro company have to put steel poles or wrap them in a hard PVC coating if the males decide to mark it's territory making the pole it's target.
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They call it "drumming". It's how they find a mate. They are also called "wood hen" and were hunted and eaten during the depression.

Wade
 

1shotwade said:
They call it "drumming". It's how they find a mate. They are also called "wood hen" and were hunted and eaten during the depression. Wade
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Welllllllllll..... I was a drummer in a long haired rock band in the mid 80's. And.... YES, I found a mate. In fact I found a LOT OF THEM. And, I did marry one. Big mistake!!!! I guess I should have got a good run and ran head first into a well build glass window.... :dontknow: :laughing7:
 

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