We have robins that have been sitting on our car/truck mirrors and causing a horrible poopy mess all over the mirrors and down the side of the cars. Not just any particular one of the 4 cars sitting outside, but all of them. It's been doing it for 3 years in a row. Needless to say, this behavior is going to ruin the paint on the cars and we just can't let it continue. It's as though they are fighting with themselves in the mirror and reflection on the windows. But, there are several out there doing it. I will see a bird on several of the cars/trucks at a single time.
Here is a list of what we have tried in order...
1. We covered the mirrors with plastic bags and paper bags. He just sits on the bags and continues to do his poopy thing.
2. We put out a fake owl....he precedes to poop on said owl.
3. Draped large, fake rubber snakes on the mirrors, on roof, and on windshield area...he ignores them
4. Put strings of aluminum pie plates out to "clank" in the wind. Drove me nuts, had no effect on the birds.
5. Shooting at it with a pellet gun. He takes off and comes back when a human is no longer sitting there.
6. My husband finally shot one of them with birdshot and killed it. It worked for 2 days, then they are back at it. Too many of them.
It's hard to shoot them, you have to wait for them to fly off the vehicles and away from the house so as not to damage vehicles. I know I'm a stay at home/work from home mom, but dang...I can't sit out there with a pellet gun all day long waiting on them to come. I found where one was nesting in our shed and removed the nest before they had it finished but this didn't concern them much. We don't have an garage/barn to put the cars in. We can't put full car covers on because of wind. We basically live in open flat farm land, wind can tear off a cover in no time.
Just a note: I am an animal/wildlife lover and for the first 2 years I would not let any one take shots at the birds. I just figured they would go away after nesting. Last year...they were here until August doing their poopy thing. I'm done! There is some damage on my mirror from them and you can see on my son's truck where the poo has damaged the top coat of the paint.
Shooting them is more of a challenge then one would think. They take off to the woods where it is hard to track them, or over to the "safe" area's where they have figured out we can't take a shot (our house, cars, and the neighbors). If you are sitting out there, they avoid the cars. Plus, we are in the country..there are SO MANY BIRDS..even robins and you are never sure if it's one of the ones on the vehicles, or just one passing through. Poisoning is NOT an option. There are too many other critters to worry about and a robin's diet is not one you could easily "feed".
Has anyone else had to deal with this? Any suggestions??:1zhelp:
Here is a list of what we have tried in order...
1. We covered the mirrors with plastic bags and paper bags. He just sits on the bags and continues to do his poopy thing.
2. We put out a fake owl....he precedes to poop on said owl.
3. Draped large, fake rubber snakes on the mirrors, on roof, and on windshield area...he ignores them
4. Put strings of aluminum pie plates out to "clank" in the wind. Drove me nuts, had no effect on the birds.
5. Shooting at it with a pellet gun. He takes off and comes back when a human is no longer sitting there.
6. My husband finally shot one of them with birdshot and killed it. It worked for 2 days, then they are back at it. Too many of them.
It's hard to shoot them, you have to wait for them to fly off the vehicles and away from the house so as not to damage vehicles. I know I'm a stay at home/work from home mom, but dang...I can't sit out there with a pellet gun all day long waiting on them to come. I found where one was nesting in our shed and removed the nest before they had it finished but this didn't concern them much. We don't have an garage/barn to put the cars in. We can't put full car covers on because of wind. We basically live in open flat farm land, wind can tear off a cover in no time.
Just a note: I am an animal/wildlife lover and for the first 2 years I would not let any one take shots at the birds. I just figured they would go away after nesting. Last year...they were here until August doing their poopy thing. I'm done! There is some damage on my mirror from them and you can see on my son's truck where the poo has damaged the top coat of the paint.
Shooting them is more of a challenge then one would think. They take off to the woods where it is hard to track them, or over to the "safe" area's where they have figured out we can't take a shot (our house, cars, and the neighbors). If you are sitting out there, they avoid the cars. Plus, we are in the country..there are SO MANY BIRDS..even robins and you are never sure if it's one of the ones on the vehicles, or just one passing through. Poisoning is NOT an option. There are too many other critters to worry about and a robin's diet is not one you could easily "feed".
Has anyone else had to deal with this? Any suggestions??:1zhelp:
