Darn birds are waking me every morning. I have an older colonial style type
house two stories. With the tall peek & the extended soffets, sorta like
perches in the front. It seems that they had gotten in at one time. So I had
put up some chimeney flashing lead with some Liquid nails. On one side this
fall. It works good to keep them out. But now the're working on the opposite
side. What can I do to keep them away. I like birds but I'm not going to put
up with the pecking & gettin in my house.
I'm in the middle of replacing the old plaster & removing the straw of their
elder's. The kids can go elsewhere & I want to help them on their way.
Before the Grandkids appear... So what can I get or do other than
placing wire. It doesn't look right.

Thanks for your help.

On Feb 6, 8:38*am, "odyssey" wrote:
Darn birds are waking me every morning. I have an older colonial style type
house two stories. With the tall peek & the extended soffets, sorta like
perches in the front. It seems that they had gotten in at one time. So I had
put up some chimeney flashing lead with some Liquid nails. On one side this
fall. It works good to keep them out. But now the're working on the opposite
side. What can I do to keep them away. I like birds but I'm not going to put
up with the pecking & gettin in my house.
I'm in the middle of replacing the old plaster & removing the straw of their
elder's. The kids can go elsewhere & I want to help them on their way.
Before the Grandkids appear... * * So what can I get or do other than
placing wire. It doesn't look right.

* * * * * *Thanks for your help.

Put some rubber snakes up there. Not a long term fix, but hopefully
long enough to discourage them.

Thats the kind of thing that I'm interested in. Gettin some today ! Anymore
ideas like that.

Thanks

"odyssey" wrote in message
...
Darn birds are waking me every morning. I have an older colonial style
type house two stories. With the tall peek & the extended soffets, sorta
like perches in the front. It seems that they had gotten in at one time.
So I had put up some chimeney flashing lead with some Liquid nails. On one
side this fall. It works good to keep them out. But now the're working on
the opposite side. What can I do to keep them away. I like birds but I'm
not going to put up with the pecking & gettin in my house.
I'm in the middle of replacing the old plaster & removing the straw of
their elder's. The kids can go elsewhere & I want to help them on their
way. Before the Grandkids appear... So what can I get or do other than
placing wire. It doesn't look right.

Thanks for your help.



Where are they getting in? Through vents?

On Feb 6, 12:18 pm, "odyssey" wrote:
Thats the kind of thing that I'm interested in. Gettin some today ! Anymore
ideas like that.

Thanks

Fake owls have been known to disquade woodpeckers.

Stolen without permission from:

http://www.theraptortrust.org/the-birds/coping


Possible Solutions
Christopher Leahy, in The Birdwatcher's Companion, suggests as a
possible solution (after first checking to see that your house is
termite-free) harassing the offending bird-scaring it off by spraying
it with a hose (an action that will work if repeated enough). Leahy
says intimidation won't work as a solution, but several of our
respondents say that they have successfully distracted offenders,
hanging fear-evoking things near the damage sites-fake snakes, plastic
owls, hawk silhouettes, etc.-to discourage the woodpeckers. One person
recommends hanging out wind chimes. Another uses a radio (encased in a
plastic bag) with a timer set to go on at daybreak. One woman hung up
a red plastic toy bug on a string to discourage a downy determined to
nest in a hollow column in her 144 year old house. A desperate
homeowner cut his garden hose into snake-sized lengths. Another bangs
on the inside wall whenever woodpecking begins: several days of this
allegedly deter the bird.Kathy McCraken, of Bird Watcher's Digest
contributing editor and author from Corpus Christi, Texas, wrote us
about a home owner who solved his flicker problem by painting his
walls. "I have never heard of a flicker's drilling in painted walls-
only bare cedar," she says. Another person placed a duck-sized
birdhouse near her embattled wall, which the offending flicker
promptly accepted. Still another reader caulks the tiny cracks in
which insects hide in board and batten siding.

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walls. "I have never heard of a flicker's drilling in painted walls-
only bare cedar," she says. Another person placed a duck-sized
birdhouse near her embattled wall, which the offending flicker
promptly accepted. Still another reader caulks the tiny cracks in
which insects hide in board and batten siding.



The birds might not be there for food - I once had woodpeckers hammering
on our TV
antenna. Some birds make noise as a means to mark territory. The OP
might get better
results by ID'ing the bird and checking with local extension service.
Around here, they use very fine
wire or spikes to keep birds from perching.

There are two types birds that are trying to get in.

1. The starling, black-goldish color markings, on mostly the back , orange
beak very pointy. They do the most damage on the overhang of the soffit in
the front of the house. The lead I had put in place on one side is working
very well, but they still try to peck their way in. Since I am working on
that side ( removing plaster & placing insulation ) I had removed straw &
debris in the soffit. They think well nobodys home lets go in.

2. The house sparrow, small bird can get in a little opening, pulls the drip
edge away to get inside. This bird has gotten in at the peak. I can't close
him out because he's inside of the large crown moulding. I'll have to wait
for better weather. But I'll deal with him later.
But for now I'm looking for a short time solution. I can't find a store that
has rubber snakes. But I'll look till I find some.


Where are they getting in? Through vents?

"odyssey" wrote in message
...
There are two types birds that are trying to get in.

1. The starling, black-goldish color markings, on mostly the back , orange
beak very pointy. They do the most damage on the overhang of the soffit in
the front of the house. The lead I had put in place on one side is working
very well, but they still try to peck their way in. Since I am working on
that side ( removing plaster & placing insulation ) I had removed straw &
debris in the soffit. They think well nobodys home lets go in.

2. The house sparrow, small bird can get in a little opening, pulls the
drip edge away to get inside. This bird has gotten in at the peak. I can't
close him out because he's inside of the large crown moulding. I'll have
to wait for better weather. But I'll deal with him later.
But for now I'm looking for a short time solution. I can't find a store
that has rubber snakes. But I'll look till I find some.


Where are they getting in? Through vents?



Stucco house?

odyssey wrote:
Darn birds are waking me every morning. I have an older colonial
style type house two stories. With the tall peek & the extended
soffets, sorta like perches in the front. It seems that they had
gotten in at one time. So I had put up some chimeney flashing lead
with some Liquid nails. On one side this fall. It works good to keep
them out. But now the're working on the opposite side. What can I do
to keep them away. I like birds but I'm not going to put up with the
pecking & gettin in my house. I'm in the middle of replacing the old
plaster & removing the straw
of their elder's. The kids can go elsewhere & I want to help them on
their way. Before the Grandkids appear... So what can I get or do
other than placing wire. It doesn't look right.

Thanks for your help.

Cut a hole to make access easier for the birds. No more lead, caulking, wire
mesh, climbing on ladders, maintenance, blah-blah-blah.

Problem solved.

'Course I'm the kind of guy that cuts critters some slack - they're just
trying to make a living.