SIGforum.com Main Page The Lounge Is there a good way too keep birds from building a nest in my rain gutters?
Main Page The Lounge Is there a good way too keep birds from building a nest in my rain gutters?Go | New | Find | Notify | Tools | Reply | |
W07VH5 |
A couple of birds keep trying to build a nest in my gutters. No eggs so far but they can’t stay there. Not only are they blocking up the gutters, if they do ever hatch anything they will all drown in the water that collects there because they’ve dammed up the gutter. Suggestions? I’ve put up a bird house but it may be too low to the ground for their liking. | ||
|
| Member |
What about some type of gutter guard that keeps leaves and such out? | |||
|
| Left-Handed, NOT Left-Winged! |
Some cats and a climbing pole near the birds. | |||
|
Optimistic Cynic |
The owl dummy on the chimney seems to work at least some of the time. | |||
|
A Grateful American |
You need GutterCat™.  "the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! | |||
|
Member |
Approve !! Lover of the US Constitution Wile E. Coyote School of DIY Disaster | |||
|
| Member |
The short answer is no. I have the same problem and have not been able to solve it. 2nd story gutter corner. a pita. Lover of the US Constitution Wile E. Coyote School of DIY Disaster | |||
|
| Just for the hell of it  |
I would try this. Had a tree years ago that at a certain time of the year had something birds liked. The problem was people had to park under that tree. Cars in one spot would be covered if bird crap. Put out a plastic owl and it stopped 90% of the problem. _____________________________________ Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain. Jack Kerouac | |||
|
| W07VH5 |
I’m allergic to cats so I’ll go with the plastic owl.  | |||
|
| Member |
Have you tried putting the gutters in the garage ? Safety, Situational Awareness and proficiency. Neck Ties, Hats and ammo brass, Never ,ever touch'em w/o asking first | |||
|
| W07VH5 |
 | |||
|
Not really from Vienna |
Smash their eggs and set fire to the nest. | |||
|
Member |
I put wire mesh over the downspouts in the gutters. After Spring & early summer I back it off a bit. It’s mostly starlings here, English sparrows do the same. | |||
|
| W07VH5 |
Calm down, Satan. | |||
|
Member |
Owl decoy. Most stores that sell boats and boat gear sell them to keep the birds off your boat. CMSGT USAF (Retired) Chief of Police (Retired) | |||
|
| Not really from Vienna |
Punchline to an old joke from my youth. | |||
|
| Member |
Go to the dollar store or Walmart and get some plastic toy snakes. Put near or in gutters. (maybe a dab of adhesive so it won't float off during heavy rains. | |||
|
His Royal Hiney |
I've seen pigeons sitting atop those owl decoys covered in pigeon shit. I had pigeon problems but not in the gutters. I paid a company to stick those long needles that keep them from roosting. I know an effective method but expensive is they sell these gizmos that emit the sounds of a predator bird. "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
|
| Eating elephants one bite at a time  |
I was going to suggest showing the birds his neighbor's gutters. Maybe a combo of the two would solve the problem? | |||
|
| Powered by Social Strata |
 | Please Wait. Your request is being processed... |
|
SIGforum.com Main Page The Lounge Is there a good way too keep birds from building a nest in my rain gutters?
Main Page The Lounge Is there a good way too keep birds from building a nest in my rain gutters?© SIGforum 2024