Evicting Birds
Beautiful Mourning Doves lived in our Blue Spruce tree for four years. I loved hearing them sing and watching them nest outside of our window. This year, I noticed that they multiplied a lot and were pooping all over the place. Besides the nasty secretions, the sound of 30-40 birds ruffling their feathers as we walked in or our of the house made me uneasy – especially around the kids. Visions of the Alfred Hitchcock movie, The Birds came to mind when I walked into the house. I thought they would leave when winter came, but they didn’t and I think the plush tree attracted even more birds.
I never knew anyone who wanted to get rid of sweet chirping birds, so I didn’t know it was so easy. Of course we didn’t want to hurt the birds or trap them, we just wanted get then out of the tree or at least get some of them to leave the tree. We purchased this holographic ribbon. When I was purchasing it, I read the reviews that suggested the ribbon didn’t work. Most times when something doesn’t work, people haven’t used it correctly. We tied the ribbon around the branches of the tree and looked up into the tree. The ribbon reflected tiny mirror like lights into the tree – The birds immediately left the tree. For the next three days, we saw the birds sitting on the trees and rooftops of other homes looking at the tree. I guess they were waiting for us to remove the ribbon. One week later and we are still bird free.
Hugs,
marlene
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