Just get a can of that expanding foam stuff and spray it into the hole... it will expand into the wall cavity and bulge out of the hole.
Once it dries, just use a knife to scrape it flush with the wall.
The birds should go silent within a few days.
I need critter advice badly!
by little witch 40 Replies latest jw friends
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little witch
Elsewhere, Whaaaahaaaaahaaaahaaaaa
Yep, that should do the trick!
Just to piss them off, I played Thunderstruck at the highest setting, speakers placed against the wall...Now they are dancing, with their little claws up in the air, and nodding with the beat!
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cruzanheart
Could be worse . . . could be BARN SWALLOWS! When we first moved into our house we had a beautiful pair of barn swallows build a mud nest on our back porch, right next to the back door. At first it was charming and educational, and we all enjoyed watching the baby birds. Then we started noticing just how much poop was staining the back porch . . . . And then they had a SECOND clutch, and we noticed that the parents were getting VERY aggressive and didn't want us out on the porch at all. In fact, they decided that our presence outdoors was irritating, so they started dive-bombing whenever the kids were playing in the backyard or we were gardening. That got old in a hurry, though there was something rather funny about watching a bird stop in midair and take aim at you like a tiny feathered kamikaze pilot. Out came the hose and power sprayer. Every time we went in the backyard we had to hold onto the hose or risk getting dive-bombed.
I read up on barn swallows and found to my horror that not only do the parents return year after year but the babies do too until you have bird condos everywhere! So the next year, before they got back from Brazil or wherever it is they winter, we decided not to let them nest on the back porch. They tried, but we put up a sheet to discourage them and knocked down the beginnings of each nest before they could get comfortable. Finally they got the idea and moved on to greener pastures, but they still come back every spring to cuss us out. Jackson swears he saw a bird stick out its middle claw at us, but I don't know . . .
Nina
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little witch
I know how ya feel Nina dear. I really don't want to hurt the little things, but omg! House damage! And with west nile virus and so forth.....
Elsewhere, you are a riot!
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Eyebrow2
we have had the same problem in an older house we lived in in New England. The nest was actualy under our 2nd floor bathroom floor boards. (they had flown in an unused dryer vent and got there) Anyhoo, we just waited until the babies were grown and then took the nest out and blocked up the whole.
We have a nest of birds in our chimney down here...we have only been here six months and apparantly the landlord has not had it cleaned out in a while. We are just waiting for the little buggers to leave the nest, and then will have it cleaned out and a proper cap put on.
It is very annoying, but putting up with the noise is worth it...not to be a sap, but I would feel very bad about it if I killed them.
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Amazing1914
The Presidential Whitehouse in Washington, D.C. has the same problem ... they installed sound devices which the birds don't like, and hence problem solved. When I was there, you could see the sound devices - they look like speakers - installed in the trees ... but, you could not hear anything ... the sound is outside human hearing range. You can contact sound recording studios or a zoo for more information ... or search the Internet.
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Eyebrow2
unless you eat them.
if you are going to eat them, just get them out now...bbq yum yum!
waste not want not!
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little witch
Eyebrow,
"that would only arouse my appetite without bedding it down properly" (from brother where art thou?) Tee hee hee
Fear not friends....despite my aggressive talk, I am a marshmallow at heart...but you will all have to abide my bitchiness til the little brats fly away..
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LyinEyes
LW said.......
oh, and the first one who tells me to "wait on jehovah" gets clobbered!
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!
But really, you might want to wait on Jehovah for this one!!!!!!!!!!
* takes off running* hehe...