Bird repellent

How can you hate birds!
They are harmless.

smartie wrote: ↑ My neighbor installed a bird feeder and a lot birds in
My yard now, is there effective way to keep them away? I checked amazon, doesn't seem a good way to do it

Thanks

Get a plastic owl and stick it in your yard up high somewhere.

And for crying out loud, learn how to use Google.

Try bird repellent tape

JC00000 wrote: ↑ Try bird repellent tape

I know you can use tape, bit it makes your yard look weird

rotjong wrote: ↑ How can you hate birds!
They are harmless.

The issues I could think of are birds poop all over backyard. Also, the seeds spilled from the bird feeders on the ground will attract other animals.

rdx wrote: ↑ The issues I could think of are birds poop all over backyard. Also, the seeds spilled from the bird feeders on the ground will attract other animals.

That's called nature.

It's not just the birds, feeders attract squirrels and they are relentless in trying to get food. I read that the fake owls don't work either unless there is movement. Birds aren't all that smart, but smart enough to know that a fake owl/predator is fake.

rotjong wrote: ↑ That's called nature.

If it is pure nature, human should not feed them. I am fine with birds randomly fly to my backyard and squirrels visiting. But I would not set up a feeder to attract them.

exrcoupe wrote: ↑ It's not just the birds, feeders attract squirrels and they are relentless in trying to get food. I read that the fake owls don't work either unless there is movement. Birds aren't all that smart, but smart enough to know that a fake owl/predator is fake.

Yes, I read a lot reviews in Amazon that fake owls don't work. That's why I come here to ask

rdx wrote: ↑ If it is pure nature, human should not feed them. I am fine with birds randomly fly to my backyard and squirrels visiting. But I would not set up a feeder to attract them.

Indeed, nature means no human intervene

smartie wrote: ↑ Indeed, nature means no human intervene

Birds and squirrels are not too bad, wait till raccoons come join the party .....

rdx wrote: ↑ If it is pure nature, human should not feed them. I am fine with birds randomly fly to my backyard and squirrels visiting. But I would not set up a feeder to attract them.

smartie wrote: ↑ Indeed, nature means no human intervene

Agree - leave wildlife be, they're perfectly capable of getting their own food. But this has nothing to do about the welfare of wildlife. This all about humans either stroking their God-like complex.

Can you have an honest conversation with your neighbour about your concerns? The problem really arises when people constantly fill them, we go a week or two without filling ours and stop if less desirable birds/creatures start showing up. There was a week where we had pigeons coming so we stopped the feed supply and haven’t seen them back since. We have squirrels either way and it hasn’t seemed to increase the number of them judging by how much my dog barks.

rdx wrote: ↑ The issues I could think of are birds poop all over backyard.

That's the problem I have.
My neighbor has a bird feeder in his backyard and every spring/summer my back patio get bombarded with bird crap. It's especially frustrating when they crap on the patio furniture.
They don't crap in his yard though. I guess birds don't crap where they eat - only next to where they eat.

It's difficult to deter birds when they are attracted to a feeder but there are owl decoys where the head moves. They sort of work.

You could embrace it and learn something about birds. Always an option. Or you could talk with your neighbours and maybe ask them to only have the feeder in the winter.

FWIW, bird activity at feeders drops off dramatically in about a month and doesn't start up again until the Fall.

smartie wrote: ↑ Indeed, nature means no human intervene

So, let's remove our houses and the roads?

berklon wrote: ↑ That's the problem I have.
My neighbor has a bird feeder in his backyard and every spring/summer my back patio get bombarded with bird crap. It's especially frustrating when they crap on the patio furniture.
They don't crap in his yard though. I guess birds don't crap where they eat - only next to where they eat.

Basically, birds don't hold it in because it would weigh them down and so their stuff gets released as soon as it is ready to be.

I don't think it's inconsiderate to ask neighbours to stop feeding birds in the summer - or, at the very least, tone it down.