How do you keep birds out of your sheds?

[rScotty]

Birds! None are the same, it seems. I feed them outside away from the barn and plug up the entryways to keep them out of where I don't want birds pooping. It's easy enough to do.

I figure that sharing our piece of the world with critters is a large part of country living. It's how I was raised. Thinking that way defines rural vs city people for me.

Some critters I run off, for some I put up houses on the side of the barn that appeals to them.
Note that's on the OUTSIDE of the barn; the inside of buildings is (mostly) mine. I do get to make the rules, even though enforcing them is sometimes a failure.

One flycatcher has been nesting in the outside summer workshop since I built it.
Never the same place twice, and often has a brood fledged and out before I discover her new nest. She must be 20 by now - still deeply suspicious of me - and still very wild and shy.

It's always amazing to me how much variation there is in the personality of individual animals. One is shy while others work hard at being engaging. Most hummingbirds couldn't care less about people, but for years one would come in to watch me work, and often slept next to the door.

rScotty

 

[jrsavoie]

Holy moly, Those are not cheap. I'm guessing he doesn't have $450 worth of hatred for the birdies.

I might. I was going to order one, but forgot.

Then I saw the sparrow trap post. I'm definitely going to try that first.
If that doesn't work, I'll go electronic

 

[jrsavoie]

You may know this already but birds are pretty much paralyzed by a bright light in their eyes at night and they will sit right on their roost while you grab them with your hand. kind of like a frog at night. Depending on how high they are, you may go out their at night with a bright light and get rid of them that way.

Too much stuff in the way for that operation.
The peak's over 25'

 

[ruffdog]

Holy moly, Those are not cheap. I'm guessing he doesn't have $450 worth of hatred for the birdies.

All I know is it worked! The metal building had batting insulation on the walls/ceiling but the doors were not tight (left open). Starlings poked holes into the insulation and was nesting....everywhere. It was a stinking mess. Then, the birds were gone. The devise makes a electronic snapping noise that some people may not hear. Does it mimic bats? All I know is it worked and they should have bought one years ago.

 

[masscity]

I bought some .22 LR bird shot and shot some metal pieces from my PB and they were dented at different distances.

Then I bought a Crosman 2100 that you pump up to 10 or 3 minimum. I tried it BB's and pellets on my metal with

only 3 pumps and different distances and it dented the metal. I paid too much for the PB to put dents in it.

The bird repel disks work well. They use them in gardens too.

 

[jrsavoie]

Birds! None are the same, it seems. I feed them outside away from the barn and plug up the entryways to keep them out of where I don't want birds pooping. It's easy enough to do.

I figure that sharing our piece of the world with critters is a large part of country living. It's how I was raised. Thinking that way defines rural vs city people for me.

Some critters I run off, for some I put up houses on the side of the barn that appeals to them.
Note that's on the OUTSIDE of the barn; the inside of buildings is (mostly) mine. I do get to make the rules, even though enforcing them is sometimes a failure.

One flycatcher has been nesting in the outside summer workshop since I built it.
Never the same place twice, and often has a brood fledged and out before I discover her new nest. She must be 20 by now - still deeply suspicious of me - and still very wild and shy.

It's always amazing to me how much variation there is in the personality of individual animals. One is shy while others work hard at being engaging. Most hummingbirds couldn't care less about people, but for years one would come in to watch me work, and often slept next to the door.

rScott

I bought some .22 LR bird shot and shot some metal pieces from my PB and they were dented at different distances.

Then I bought a Crosman 2100 that you pump up to 10 or 3 minimum. I tried it BB's and pellets on my metal with

only 3 pumps and different distances and it dented the metal. I paid too much for the PB to put dents in it.

The bird repel disks work well. They use them in gardens too.

The older 24 ga sheeting held up to the Winchester .22 crimped bird shot better.

.The CCI plastic tipped .22 bird shot goes right through.