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So I've got this big new glider hangar with a 60 foot door opening, and
while I like birds (in this case sparrows / fly-catchers), my Yorkie
dog goes nuts when they are in "her hangar". They don't nest but
occasionally poop, being birds after all.

Any suggestions on how to humanely repel / discourage these birds?
Forget guns or poison. Want to keep the dog as well. The big plastic
owls don't seem to work. Banging away on the big old Ludwig drumset in
the back corner seems to help for awhile, along with twanging on my
vintage Rickenbacker guitar - but my chops ain't what they used to be!

Burt
Marfa, west Texas
USA


If they're coming in and roosting on anything like ledges, etc., there's a
product I use with great success discouraging pigeons from calling my eaves
home. (I encourage the swallows and fly catchers as they eat their weight in
mosquitoes! And they don't usually stop on horizontal surfaces.) It's
called "Tanglefoot". You get it in a tub or a caulking tube. You spread it
on the appropriate surface and they'll stay off it. It's tacky and has
something in it that's irritating to their feet so they won't stand in it
long. I have to re-apply it about every 3 years as dust collects on the
stuff and it's no longer sticky. I get it at my local farm/feed store, but
you can probably find it on the net...