"aemeijers" wrote in message
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Worn Out Retread wrote:
"Jay Hanig" wrote in message
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On 5/22/2010 9:52 AM, Worn Out Retread wrote:
Does anyone have experience in using ultrasonic bird repellers? Do they
work or are they just a fancy gadget that actually does very little or
nothing?

I need something that won't disturb my neighbours' and rid my large
tree
of birds. They are making a terrible mess under the tree.

Thank you.




Have you considered a Daisy? I once relocated a flock of geese from my
neighborhood with one. They're not as dumb as you'd think: a few
plinks in the ass and the whole clan left.



Deadeye

An air rifle would be nice but it wouldn't be long before I was visited
by the local constabulary;-)




It's a tree. They are birds. That is what birds DO. You nicely provided a
place for them to roost, and now you want to chase them off?

Short of cutting down the tree, nothing much you can do that will work on
a long-term basis. I'd say get a cat, but their mess is even more
disgusting than what the birds leave. Plastic owls, shiny pinwheels, etc,
work only until the birds figure out they aren't really a threat. As a
kid, we used to put giant nets over the cherry trees so we could at least
keep part of the crop from the birds, but it was a major PITA and not real
pretty when in place.

Yes, it is a tree and they are birds but for some reason there are many
times more birds this spring than ever before. We are not feeding them and
there is no reason that I can see that they would come to our tree when
there are many trees in the neighbourhood that even have feeders attached to
them.

The usual number of birds (+ pr -) is ok and not a problem but this is
ridiculous.