How to get rid of birds?

Nevadastars wrote:

NYCgrrl wrote:

Nevadastars wrote:
We have pair of Dove that insist on building a nest in or around our fiver. I keep it under a metal cover, and I first noticed they were building it in the pin box. I pulled all the twigs out and rolled up a bath towel and put there.

So, they decided to move it to the rolled up awning. I have a remote and kept moving it in and out to scare them away, but they always come back. Today (day 4) I pulled it out of the cover and rolled the awning completely out hoping to discourage them, but they are still hanging around. In fact one was walking around on the roof of my truck then I found the other one inside the cover I shoo'd out of there.

We plan on using it in the next week or two and don't want to drive off with a nest with eggs in it, plus they are crapping on the nose of it. What the heck can I do? These guys are persistent!

These deterrents are very common in my area for "flying rats" AKA pigeons: bird spike trim and/or netting. You can prolly find it at most any big box store like Lowe's, WM, or Home Depot.

I was looking at reviews on Amazon for the bird spikes and found the pic below. Looked like it actually helped them build it....lol...

Sorry, should have said that there needs to be minimal space between the spikes, they should be made from stainless steel, the tips blunt and NOT rhythmic in pattern because birds are intelligent and our lives revolve on reading specs and thus outsmarting them;).

Most highrises use them here and as with everything it's a learning curve. I will point out that although pigeons no longer roost on window ledges and atop portable A/Cs, some learned to set up house UNDER the non flush a/c units:S. You can close up that void with a variety of materials. It's also helpful that raptors have become more common in parts of the city although there's nothing quite like watching a falcon devour a pigeon on the sidewalk outside your front door......