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Birds will often gather on windowsills because they provide a perch and shelter. If pest birds tend to gather on your windowsill and leave dollops of bird droppings for you to clean up every day, you may have to implement some serious bird proofing measures. Aside from jamming up your windows, bird droppings can carry any of 60 known diseases–including West Nile Virus, Avian Flu, and Histoplasmosis–which can waft into your home whenever you open your window. In addition, the uric acid in bird droppings can eat into the paint, wood, vinyl or aluminum of your windowsill and permanently mar these surfaces.

To discourage birds from gathering on your windowsills, you can use a product called Transparent Bird Gel. Ideal for use against both small and large pest birds, this gel is a low-profile bird deterrent that works well anywhere pest birds have become a nuisance. Bird gel comes in a standard 10-ounce caulking tube, 12 tubes per case. Each tube of bird gel is enough to effectively treat an area approximately 10 feet long by 3 inches wide. The gel is easily applied using a standard caulking gun and it stays sticky and effective for up to six months outdoors.

Incidentally, if you have birds flying into your window, or pecking at it, there are decals you can apply to the window that will help birds recognize the surface and ignore their reflection.

If, on the other hand, pest birds are always pecking and pooping on your rooflines, you’ve got an equally annoying and potentially costly problem. Birds often gather on the highest points of a house to gain the best vantage point for predators and food. The problem is, birds often tear apart food items they bring up to your roof. This involves pecking at it with their beaks and ripping at it with their claws. This can damage and degrade the roofing crowns and tiles, and eventually cause leaks.

By Mike Nunnery

If you would  like to attract a large number of wild birds, you will need to understand what to do in order to make birds want to live at your house. Having  a number of bird feeders place about in plain view will always catch the eye of a hungry bird flying by your yard or garden. So placing a  bird feeder pole as well as the bird feeder in your yard or garden is the first thing you need to do is you want an abundance of fine feathered friends.

When you place the bird food in a place that is more available for the birds, they will find it and stay around much longer. Down below are some details that will help you to figure it out.

Pick a spot in which the extra of seed, feathers, and bird droppings won’t become an issue. There are certain kinds of seed that have treated with additives that will not harm the wild birds but also will not germinate so as to sprout weeds of the type of grass in your yard that you do not want.  Don’t forget this when choosing the place that you hang or mount your bird feeder. The peak of the bird feeder pole should be is set at a height dependent on which type of birds you’re trying to attract. Do some research on this. This  means you may have your feeders at different heights. Now you know that some birds favor platforms or trays to feed on as opposed the hopper or tube feeders. Make certain to you use of a couple of different types of platforms around your birding area. These platforms can sit on the bird feeder pole, or hang from a tree limb.

With spring just around the corner, commercial buildings are at the mercy of pest birds. Here’s one nagging  problem birds can saddle you with and what you can do about it.

: A particularly costly problem occurs when starlings, pigeons or crows build their nests in rain gutters. When rains come–remember, “April showers bring May flowers”–your rain gutters will overflow and water will seep into the crevices in your roof.  That means roof leaks, damaged goods in your warehouse and water everywhere. After you clean out the water, which hopefully hasn’t damaged your computer systems, desks and file cabinets, you’ll have to pay for expensive roof repairs. There’s also the damage to packaged goods stored inside your warehouse. And, of course, all the machinery, lighting, cabling  and security cameras that will, no doubt, suffer water damage. Not exactly what you need in a recession. The key is to be proactive and install effective bird deterrents now—before pest birds arrive.

One of the best bird deterrents currently available is the Bird Spike. Install bird spikes on rooflines and atop rain gutters to prevent birds from even landing, much less building nests.

Ideal for use against pigeons, seagulls and similar large birds, Bird Spikes are easily installed on rooftops and ledges. All you need is glue, nails or screws. You also have a choice of spikes–either rigid U.V.-resistant unbreakable polycarbonate or high strength, durable stainless steel. The spikes look like they could impale a bird, but they’ve been specially designed with blunted tips so as not to harm birds or people. Bird spikes have even been approved by a number of humane groups worldwide–including the U.S. Humane Society and PICAS (Pigeon Control Advisory Service).

There are birds and there are pest birds. Birds are the subject of poets and song. Pest birds are a nuisance and must be dealt with. Left unchecked, pest birds can cost millions in property damage and infect us with disease. They can bring down our planes, grind our factories to a halt, eat our food, and deface our finest statues and monuments.

But how to deter pest birds? We can no longer poison, shoot or cull them like days of old. We just want them to leave and find “greener pastures” somewhere else.

So what are the best ways to deter pest birds? Through a mix of science and bird psychology, modern man has developed a number of ingenious and surprisingly effective ways to deter our fine feathered friends. These include everything from the simple to the complex, from high tech to no tech. Some can even be used in tandem with others.

Among the most economical ways to deter pest birds is to simply scare them away. This approach has spawned an entire family of “Bird Scare” products. There’s iridescent reflective foil or flash tape, easily the least expensive. These simply wave in the breeze and “shoo” birds away. Then there are the blow-up balloons covered with threatening predator eyes. Same principle here. Along with tapes and foils, these deter pest birds by creating an “optical distraction” zone. They work well on patios, overhangs, gazebos, eaves, pools, and similar open areas. One note: change their position and color as birds get used to them fairly quickly.

Another bird scare product that has demonstrated its ability to deter pest birds is the Bird Spider. It uses thin spider arms that flail threateningly in the breeze to convince birds to move on. Spiders come in various diameters to deter different sized birds. They’re perfect for patios, awnings, boat covers and other flat areas.

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