outside my new apartment there are trees which are home to what seems like thousands of birds. every morning these birds pirch themselves up on my 10th floor window sill....other birds fly by them and hit the window. sometimes birds will get in a bit of a fight and bang their wings and bodies against the window very loudly
this wakes me up at 6:00 / 6:30 every morning. because i work later i'm usually in bed later and rise later so lately i haven't been getting very much sleep and i am exhausted.
i tried hanging snakes out the window to no avail, the birds don't seem to care about them one way or the other.
any ideas how i could stop this from happening?
i posted this under mental health because it's driving me crazy ;) haha
2006-08-10 00:32:33 · 25 answers · asked by evan23style 1 in Health ➔ Mental Health
buy a plastic owl for your windowsill or get some of the anti pigeon spikes you see on puplic buildings
2006-08-10 00:37:48 · answer #1 · answered by g8bvl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If this is a real problem, you can get a bird net. This fixes across the window and is held about 6 inches away with offsets.
If this is a mental health problem, let them out and keep taking the medication.
2006-08-10 00:39:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It probably sees open space and thinks that it can just fly out.Try to cover the window with curtains or something and when the bird get used to the curtains then try to open the curtains
2016-03-27 06:22:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you need to go and buy some crystal stick on window magnets and put them on the inside of your window the glare from the crystal will make the birds no that they cant fly into the window because they dont see the window they think they can fly through it
2006-08-13 00:22:15 · answer #4 · answered by private 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
leave the window open... get a cat... the RSPCA will get you for hanging snakes outside!!!
Seriously though go to an outdoor pursuits shop and get a plastic eagle owl. put this on the window sill or roof and the wee birdies will assume a predator has arrived for breakfast.
2006-08-10 00:40:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cover your windows externally with a net at night. or paint your windows externally with a mirror paint. Whne they see their reflections perhaps the collisions may decrease ( may increase too as I have noticed sparrows get more agitated on seeing their reflection in my bike's rear view mirror and break it with their beaks). There may be cruel solutions (which I am sure are evident...thorns etc) but I guess you wouldn't want to try them out. maybe an infrasound device (dogs may be disturbed though).
2006-08-10 00:41:53 · answer #6 · answered by deepbluenpurple 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you have curtains?
perhaps they dont actually see the glass, let alone understand what they have hit.
I wonder if blinds or a net curtain might help, poor little things!
Hope you find an answer soon, for the birds and your sake!
2006-08-10 00:40:11 · answer #7 · answered by SUPER-GLITCH 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Birds, apparantly, don't like cobwebs. You can get these thin plastic squares with white cobwebs printed on - that just stick on your windows, and it keeps the birds away.
2006-08-10 00:45:24 · answer #8 · answered by Lavender 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
afraid youll need to get the windows with wire in them as birds dont see glass they try fly through not realising its a window but with wire in it they will see the wire and know they wont make it
2006-08-10 00:40:16 · answer #9 · answered by rosa_govan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try making a feeder and hanging it out the window the birds are doing this because they are hungry. i hope this solves the problem good luck to you
2006-08-10 00:46:40 · answer #10 · answered by oceanlady580 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tape a cut out of an owl to the inside of your window. They'll notice it now and stay well clear.
2006-08-10 00:38:35 · answer #11 · answered by Rob G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋