Need some creative advice/ Bird crap

TBone.sixpack

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I have a bird/birds that have been crapping down one side of my truck. Drivers side unfortunately. And that bird must eat a lot cause the crap is growing

Minus parking in the garage or dealing with a tarp daily any suggestions?

I thought of getting an owl decoy
 

DerHntr

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I have a very lifelike rubber snake that I use in my garden. I never have birds in it and you should see the neighbor's cat when he makes the mistake of walking by it.
 

TBone.sixpack

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I like it

That was kinda the idea I had with the owl

Where did you get it? Would I just lay it up on the roof?
 

RivaDawg

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I have a bird/birds that have been crapping down one side of my truck. Drivers side unfortunately. And that bird must eat a lot cause the crap is growing

Minus parking in the garage or dealing with a tarp daily any suggestions?

I thought of getting an owl decoy

Probably a cardinal fighting it's reflection in the mirror or window. They are very territorial this time of year. Try covering the mirror with a towel when you park.
 

thekimmer

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Paint your truck bird crap color...

I have a bird/birds that have been crapping down one side of my truck. Drivers side unfortunately. And that bird must eat a lot cause the crap is growing

Minus parking in the garage or dealing with a tarp daily any suggestions?

I thought of getting an owl decoy

You asked for creativity.
 

The Peeper

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You supposedly have to move or reposition it because they figure it out eventually. We have a bird we never see that gets on our front porch and craps on a rocking chair. Wife put a snake out Sunday, nothing to report yet
 

coach66

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You need to setup a game camera identify the culprit and then post a reward.

nm
 

HotMop

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Sounds like the bird is eating up all of your mole crickets.
 

coach66

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My dad used to tell me if you put some salt on that bird's tail you can catch

him.
 

Palmettodog

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He's right, snakes work. I'm in the billboard business and we are constantly fighting pigeons crapping on everything under the sign. We tried owls and they don't work. Nets work but the PETA folks call when there's a dead pigeon hanging in the net for all the world to see. We went and bought some rubber snakes from Toys R Us and that worked for a long time. We just zip tied the snakes to the cat walk and upper support stringers and the pigeons disappeared. After a while the snakes will colors will fade with the sun and the pigeons will return and peck the eyes out.

I'm not sure if it's pigeons you have but they also make something called crazy corn. Corn soaked in some sort of something that makes them 17ed up for a while after they eat it. Drunk and stupid acting. The other pigeons see it and leave the area. We tried it in a parking lot of a Whole Foods, (bad decision), due to multiple complaints of bird crap. The birds were walking around the parking lot, along with every other racoon and possum in the area, all 17ed up and no one knew why except us. It was hilarious but we decided we didn't want to be on the wrong end of the granola lovers wrath so we quit using it.
 

DerHntr

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I like it

That was kinda the idea I had with the owl

Where did you get it? Would I just lay it up on the roof?

I got mine from Amazon. They have some that look very real. It has caught me off guard several times and I know the damn thing is there. My neighbor checked my garden for me last summer when on vacation and he was looking for a hoe to kill it when he remembered my warning that I had a fake.

I would place it on the hood first. If that doesnt work, put it in the closest tree to where you park.
 

CochiseCowbell

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I desperately want to see the security cam footage of 17ed up nocturnal animals. That sounds awesome.
 

TBone.sixpack

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I have a cat that has been on quite the streak lately as I find a dead bird in my mancave damn near every morning. I keep hoping he gets this **** bird but to no avail. More **** every morning.

And the volume keeps going up.

So tonight I will cover the mirror, throw a dale soaked snake up on the hood and go find a few birds nest to crap in.
 

RocketDawg

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I've had a similar problem. Most likely, he's seeing himself in your outside mirror, so he's fighting the "other" bird. It's mating season, and the males like to protect their territory.

Cover up the mirror somehow so he can't see his reflection. I used an opaque garbage bag. You could use whatever you have convenient.
 

CochiseCowbell

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Rocket, do you come across many transparent garbage bags?*

Most people prefer to keep their trash relatively obscured. In some primitive cultures that worship bears & beavers, they prefer to give theirs social media accounts.
 

thatsbaseball

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Is the bird perched on something when he`s pooping or launching laser guided turds on the fly.
 

RocketDawg

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Rocket, do you come across many transparent garbage bags?*

Most people prefer to keep their trash relatively obscured. In some primitive cultures that worship bears & beavers, they prefer to give theirs social media accounts.

I've not seen transparent garbage bags, but I have indeed seen translucent ones. We have some in the laundry room right now. And I see transparent leaf bags all the time.

I'm not particularly worried about obscuring my garbage.
 

DerHntr

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can't wait to see the article on bird **** deterrent in SPS magazine
 

xxxWalkTheDawg

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I have a cat that has been on quite the streak lately as I find a dead bird in my mancave damn near every morning. I keep hoping he gets this **** bird but to no avail. More **** every morning.

And the volume keeps going up.

So tonight I will cover the mirror, throw a dale soaked snake up on the hood and go find a few birds nest to crap in.

i have a miniature dachshund that has snagged two birds and tried to bring em inside to hide. Luckily I was watching when he came back in. I still don't see how a dog with a foot long body and four inch legs can catch a bird.

And to OP, cover your mirror mount in Astroglide. That stuff will allow you to park a caddy in a doghouse and will guarantee your bird cuts a few flips when it tries to land.
 
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