I have a bird infestation, How do I get rid of them?

Question

I run the garden department at a very large retail store. There are thousands of birds that have made the overhead racks their home. We had to throw away $100,000 of product last year because of the droppings. It also smells horrible. We pressure wash as often as we can but are fighting a losing battle.
We hung netting, tried fake owls, had a speaker that blasted hawk noises every few minuts (scared the heck out of the customers). We cant lay out poisen because PETA said they will come after us. How do I get rid of all these birds that are ruining all of my product? Not to mention making it an unpleasant place to shop.

Thanks

Answer 1

Guessing the birds are pigeons (or starlings...). Is there a way to remove the perches they are using ? You can also look into bird repellent products, one of them is basically just a sticky substance that you apply where they are perching, birds don't like the feeling so they don't perch there (think there's one called tanglefoot) + since you aren't harming the birds those pesky PETA shouldn't bother you, tough poison probably wasn't the answer since the birds go die somewhere and often cause secondary kills of predators and scavengers (which technically you want around). You can also look around for falconry service, fake raptors are fairly inefficient but a real peregrine does the trick, they often use that method in airports to keep birds away.

Answer 2

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I have a bird infestation, How do I get rid of them?
I run the garden department at a very large retail store. There are thousands of birds that have made the overhead racks their home. We had to throw away $100,000 of product last year because of the droppings. It also smells horrible. We pressure wash as often as we can but are fighting a losing...

Answer 3

A 12 gauge shotgun works nicely.

Answer 4

ask to build a green house for the department. birds cant get through glass. and also have a 2 layer enterence.

Answer 5

Make a homemade flamethrower using a pressurized container of a gasoline to blast them straight to hell.

But you can also just use a replica owl, as this has been shown to scare many small birds away. But this is not as fun as the flamethrower idea.

Answer 6

employ somone to scare them away with a large stick or bb gun or something. will work for less than $100 000 a year. can also sell people stuff in the mean time

Answer 7

When you see them there, blast them with the pressure hose they will soon move away. If they are nesting, get up there and destroy their nests.
P.S can i JUST say that PETA suck, and I am a big supporter of animals.

Answer 8

Stand under them and tell bird jokes. They will be offended and leave.

Answer 9

No cost of found

Answer 10

i would consider changing my job - you can't fight PETA