NFT: Prevent birds from nesting in an awning

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try buying some rubber snakes and putting them on and around the awning and moving them around from time to time.

I had some birds who constantly shit on my car parked under a carport. Bought some rubber snakes on Amazon, put one on the hood and the other on the roof. Have not had any problems since.

Yesterday I assembled a patio table that takes an umbrella. My wife opened the umbrella and we left it open overnight. It rained, and in the morning I went to wipe down the table and a chair to sit outside. There was debris on the table -- weird, I thought, that it fell out of the trees onto the table despite the umbrella. Then I look up and there's a bunch of debris in between the struts at the top of the umbrella. It couldn't possibly have blown in there. Looked like a bird decided, "Great nesting spot! Let me get to work."

I picked that debris out and closed the umbrella. We'll probably have to keep it closed most of the time or we're gonna have a bird family nesting above the table on our deck.

I had birds nesting on my tiny
Blink outdoor camera over my font door.
No matter how many times I took the nest down, they rebuilt it.

I had to take down the Blink camera.

With these pillars on our front porch that have small spaces where the top cap meets the porch ceiling. I have to stack bricks up there to keep them out.

One thing that worked for one season anyway before they figured it out was to put this fake owl out on the porch.

a nuisance and do they do damage to your property?

If so, air rifle. it makes nuisance eradication kind of fun.

I hate to kill animals, and wouldn't do so indiscriminately but once they start damaging my property I justify it. and like I said it's kind of fun especially if it's a rabbit, chipmunk, or similar animal being the nuisance.

If they don't do damage and you don't want to kill them you can try some DIY home remedies like cayenne pepper (sprinkle a lot around the area the scent sometimes keeps birds away), a small bowl of ammonia (the fumes are too strong for their lungs) or you can buy predator urine (fox, wolf, coyote, bear - from cabelas or maybe even amazon and that scent is supposed to keep birds (and other animals) away). I will warn you - I did buy coyote urine to keep deer out of my garden and it's nasty smelling.

In comment 16465488 pjcas18 said:

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a nuisance and do they do damage to your property? If so, air rifle. it makes nuisance eradication kind of fun. I hate to kill animals, and wouldn't do so indiscriminately but once they start damaging my property I justify it. and like I said it's kind of fun especially if it's a rabbit, chipmunk, or similar animal being the nuisance. If they don't do damage and you don't want to kill them you can try some DIY home remedies like cayenne pepper (sprinkle a lot around the area the scent sometimes keeps birds away), a small bowl of ammonia (the fumes are too strong for their lungs) or you can buy predator urine (fox, wolf, coyote, bear - from cabelas or maybe even amazon and that scent is supposed to keep birds (and other animals) away). I will warn you - I did buy coyote urine to keep deer out of my garden and it's nasty smelling.

My personal fav for chipmunks is a pellet rifle.

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In comment 16465488 pjcas18 said: Quote: a nuisance and do they do damage to your property? If so, air rifle. it makes nuisance eradication kind of fun. I hate to kill animals, and wouldn't do so indiscriminately but once they start damaging my property I justify it. and like I said it's kind of fun especially if it's a rabbit, chipmunk, or similar animal being the nuisance. If they don't do damage and you don't want to kill them you can try some DIY home remedies like cayenne pepper (sprinkle a lot around the area the scent sometimes keeps birds away), a small bowl of ammonia (the fumes are too strong for their lungs) or you can buy predator urine (fox, wolf, coyote, bear - from cabelas or maybe even amazon and that scent is supposed to keep birds (and other animals) away). I will warn you - I did buy coyote urine to keep deer out of my garden and it's nasty smelling. My personal fav for chipmunks is a pellet rifle.

Same. I also have used the bucket of death for chipmunks very successfully, but once my wife saw the dogs running around with chipmunk corpses in their mouths she put the kibosh on that unless I empty the bucket daily.

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a nuisance and do they do damage to your property? If so, air rifle. it makes nuisance eradication kind of fun. I hate to kill animals, and wouldn't do so indiscriminately but once they start damaging my property I justify it. and like I said it's kind of fun especially if it's a rabbit, chipmunk, or similar animal being the nuisance. If they don't do damage and you don't want to kill them you can try some DIY home remedies like cayenne pepper (sprinkle a lot around the area the scent sometimes keeps birds away), a small bowl of ammonia (the fumes are too strong for their lungs) or you can buy predator urine (fox, wolf, coyote, bear - from cabelas or maybe even amazon and that scent is supposed to keep birds (and other animals) away). I will warn you - I did buy coyote urine to keep deer out of my garden and it's nasty smelling.

PJ they setting up shop under the awning attached to the house - firing a air gun? LOL..c'mon.

is a bb or pellet gun, Ralphie got one in Christmas Story (just in case you aren't clear what I'm talking about)

Why would you hesitate to use one near your house if you had a pest/nuisance there?

ammonia has actually worked really well for me.

In comment 16465469 eric2425ny said:

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With these pillars on our front porch that have small spaces where the top cap meets the porch ceiling. I have to stack bricks up there to keep them out. One thing that worked for one season anyway before they figured it out was to put this fake owl out on the porch.

I have birds in my garage. I remove a nest every day.

I read about fake owls. I purchased two. For three days they worked. The birds are now building their nests right next to the owls.

In comment 16465515 pjcas18 said:

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is a bb or pellet gun, Ralphie got one in Christmas Story (just in case you aren't clear what I'm talking about) Why would you hesitate to use one near your house if you had a pest/nuisance there?

I need a more permanent solution that will reside on the actual awning.

Even if I shot one of these guys - there's hundreds other flying around just ready to make it their new home.

I suggested or an air rifle the only other thing I've done for birds was I had a woodpecker issue at my old house where I had clapboard siding. no idea if there was termites or something there but the woodpecker was out there all f-ing day pecking away at my house in basically the same spot.

I read online about using a mirror and putting it up on the spot the woodpeckers would routinely go to and the mirror(s) would scare the birds and they'd stay away.

that actually worked. but it looked funny that I had mirrors on the side of my house for a while. I since moved and my current house has vinyl siding, but may be worth a try for you since the awning is probably in your backyard and you clearly don't want to put in the effort of staying on top of shooting them so if you place mirrors where they nest maybe that would work to scare them and encourage them not to nest there.

from Birdemic

If you go in that direction I would recommend a .22 or .25 break barrel rifle. Low cost,maintenance and the ammo is cheap. Scope choice can be inexpensive as well.

Either a .22 or .25 holopoint pellet would make short work of any small birds damaging your property. Gammo makes a great break barrel.

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In comment 16465488 pjcas18 said: Quote: a nuisance and do they do damage to your property? If so, air rifle. it makes nuisance eradication kind of fun. I hate to kill animals, and wouldn't do so indiscriminately but once they start damaging my property I justify it. and like I said it's kind of fun especially if it's a rabbit, chipmunk, or similar animal being the nuisance. If they don't do damage and you don't want to kill them you can try some DIY home remedies like cayenne pepper (sprinkle a lot around the area the scent sometimes keeps birds away), a small bowl of ammonia (the fumes are too strong for their lungs) or you can buy predator urine (fox, wolf, coyote, bear - from cabelas or maybe even amazon and that scent is supposed to keep birds (and other animals) away). I will warn you - I did buy coyote urine to keep deer out of my garden and it's nasty smelling. My personal fav for chipmunks is a pellet rifle.

Mine is a 13-year-old male orange tabby named Bubber.

In comment 16465539 Eric from BBI said:

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"It's the end of the world!"

We don't have Chipmunks or Squirrels here, but we do have Iguanas. They eat the flowers when they bloom. My personal best is one that was 5'3"

From the hardware store. Otherwise I clean it and am thankful it’s the biggest challenge I have that day and try not to be queen about it.

Nothing worked until we put up shiny swirly things on fishing line. They shat all over the spikes and laughed at the fake owl, but they avoid the shiny swirls like it was death. They look like sparkly foil coils.

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In comment 16465493 Sec 103 said: Quote: In comment 16465488 pjcas18 said: Quote: a nuisance and do they do damage to your property? If so, air rifle. it makes nuisance eradication kind of fun. I hate to kill animals, and wouldn't do so indiscriminately but once they start damaging my property I justify it. and like I said it's kind of fun especially if it's a rabbit, chipmunk, or similar animal being the nuisance. If they don't do damage and you don't want to kill them you can try some DIY home remedies like cayenne pepper (sprinkle a lot around the area the scent sometimes keeps birds away), a small bowl of ammonia (the fumes are too strong for their lungs) or you can buy predator urine (fox, wolf, coyote, bear - from cabelas or maybe even amazon and that scent is supposed to keep birds (and other animals) away). I will warn you - I did buy coyote urine to keep deer out of my garden and it's nasty smelling. My personal fav for chipmunks is a pellet rifle. Mine is a 13-year-old male orange tabby named Bubber.

My dog gets the rabbits. Spring is the worst, it seems like they breed like....rabbits.

Often this time of year my little dog (corgi/jack russell mix) will show up like this (this was last night). the big dog (rotweiller/shepherd mix can't catch them, but he picks them up when the little dog drops them or the little dog sometimes will get one for him too - fun to watch them bond).

In comment 16465539 Eric from BBI said:

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In comment 16465469 eric2425ny said:

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With these pillars on our front porch that have small spaces where the top cap meets the porch ceiling. I have to stack bricks up there to keep them out. One thing that worked for one season anyway before they figured it out was to put this fake owl out on the porch.

I put up an owl box on a tree but I think I was too late to attract owls this season. They choose a nesting spot in March, and I got the box up around April 1. Small box, might attract barn owls.

Might build a bigger one and put it up in the fall. I’d love for the owls to help control chipmunks and mice. We have had field mice and house mice, chipmunks, rabbits, squirrels and deer eating our gardens. It’s a constant struggle.