OT: How do you keep doves off your deck?

[MTBingNinja]

 

[UCSouth]

Try drawing little dove chalk outlines on the deck.

Or better yet, don't tell them where you live.

 

[Chin Diesel]

 

[TheChamps990411]

So I've got a Russian dove (or doves) that has suddenly decided that my deck railing outside my kitchen and dining room is his favorite place to hang out. And crap. Dove crap is pretty substantial, and disgusting. Think goose poop, I've been shooing them away every time I see them, but it / they are still managing to dump on my railing at least a couple times a day.

Is there a humane way to keep these things away from my deck without drastic measures like installing those bird spikes? I've seen ultrasonic bird repellers, but the spot in question is only about 50ft from my neighbors' bird feeders, so that would be sort of a dick move. Anyone else had a similar problem?

I was going to say "keep youre pants on" but then realized i read the title wrong.

 

[CL82]

I can tell you with considerable certainty that these are absolutely worthless.

 

[Horatio]

I can tell you with considerable certainty that these are absolutely worthless.
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I have four of them. The rabbits still eat and destroy everything. I move them around and the critters still have zero respect for them.

 

[sirjames]

I found something that works very well on my moms pool deck in Florida. I got it on Amazon and it’s called Bird B Gone - The bird repeller. It is a solar powered small unit with two arms about 2 1/2 feet long with tell tales on the end and it just slowly rotates all day long. Works great ! It costs about $50.

 

[87Xfer]

I found something that works very well on my moms pool deck in Florida. I got it on Amazon and it’s called Bird B Gone - The bird repeller. It is a solar powered small unit with two arms about 2 1/2 feet long with tell tales on the end and it just slowly rotates all day long. Works great ! It costs about $50.

Thanks, I'll check that out!

 

[ClifSpliffy]

Nah, Lower River Valley, Eagles run the cleanup crew here.

Last spring an Eagle almost flew into my head. I was on deck and came around corner of deck to side of house and an Eagle was in the process of pulling a chipmunk out of flower bed like 8 feet from me. I startled it (but not as bad as it startled me) and it got up and flew directly at my head before doing a u-turn and dropping the chipmunk out of its talons onto my driveway. Huge adrenaline rush of nerves, those things are huge up close. Anyway, I went back inside all jangled from the encounter and went back out 15 minutes later, it had come back for the chipmunk in driveway. All clear. Im now trying to have my fiancee allow the two cats who are decidedly pampered indoor cats we have (well she has, they were there when I moved in) onto the gated deck when its nice out. Under the guise of " its good for them and mentally stimulating" My real aim is to watch an Eagle take off with one in its talons. I think she sees through my smokescreen though.

'ooohhhhhhhh, i am the eagle, i live in essex and lyme...'
lol. very cool, too.

 

[HuskyBoi]

Just put Adama Sanogo sophomore year version

 

[AZHuskiePop]

We hired this coyote to get rid of a roadrunner problem we had. Turned into a total disaster.

I had a roadrunner squatting in my olive tree a few nights. It was kind of cool to watch him jump from the ground and disappear into the branches They are arrogant and fearless. They kill rattlers just for fun. They have a certain cocky swagger when they walk you have to respect.

Someone mentioned crows if they have numbers they will attack an owl or even an eagle. They will attack any bird regardless of its size. They’re the hyenas of the air.
Owls, Eagles, and crows have a special hate for each other.
As for your birds If there is a feral cat in the neighborhood start feeding it.
He will come back and they will leave

 

[Fishy]

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

By keeping the beer in the garage

 

[temery]

By keeping the beer in the garage

'Or toss bird seed on a neighbor's deck.

 

[Hankster]

So I've got a Russian dove (or doves) that has suddenly decided that my deck railing outside my kitchen and dining room is his favorite place to hang out. And crap. Dove crap is pretty substantial, and disgusting. Think goose poop, I've been shooing them away every time I see them, but it / they are still managing to dump on my railing at least a couple times a day.

Is there a humane way to keep these things away from my deck without drastic measures like installing those bird spikes? I've seen ultrasonic bird repellers, but the spot in question is only about 50ft from my neighbors' bird feeders, so that would be sort of a dick move. Anyone else had a similar problem?

You must live in my house. That is exactly where they rest on my deck. Late summer I put a new deck from the dining room which is in clear view off the kitchen. Last deck was wood, so the poop nestled in the grooves. This year different story. Washable. However under the deck, even if new, they build a nest for years under the deck. You can throw away a nice size complete nest. Minutes, and I mean minutes, there is a brand new one. I gave up. Poop everywhere underneath.

 

[huskypantz]

I think they used to work. Not anymore. I have birds nesting right next to my owl every year on our front entry rafters in Vermont. Last summer we had like 4 nests within 6 feet of the owl. What a mess when I arrived for vacation.

Try a real owl.

 

[Hankster]

Nah, Lower River Valley, Eagles run the cleanup crew here.

Last spring an Eagle almost flew into my head. I was on deck and came around corner of deck to side of house and an Eagle was in the process of pulling a chipmunk out of flower bed like 8 feet from me. I startled it (but not as bad as it startled me) and it got up and flew directly at my head before doing a u-turn and dropping the chipmunk out of its talons onto my driveway. Huge adrenaline rush of nerves, those things are huge up close. Anyway, I went back inside all jangled from the encounter and went back out 15 minutes later, it had come back for the chipmunk in driveway. All clear. Im now trying to have my fiancee allow the two cats who are decidedly pampered indoor cats we have (well she has, they were there when I moved in) onto the gated deck when its nice out. Under the guise of " its good for them and mentally stimulating" My real aim is to watch an Eagle take off with one in its talons. I think she sees through my smokescreen though.

What happened to the chipmunk. Did it survive the fall?

 

[August_West]

What happened to the chipmunk. Did it survive the fall?

No it was DOA on driveway drop. Like I said Eagle came back for kill within 15 minutes. Probably was shorter , but I was cowering in house .

 

[87Xfer]

No it was DOA on driveway drop. Like I said Eagle came back for kill within 15 minutes. Probably was shorter , but I was cowering in house .

Bald Eagle? Where do you live?

When we first moved to CO, we rented a condo on a river. One day we were on our deck, and the neighbor and his son had a spotting scope on their adjacent deck and were watching some eagles on the other side of the river a ways upstream. 2 eagles were picking at something on the ground. The guy sort of abruptly told the kid to take the scope in and put it away. When the went inside, Dad turned to me looking like he'd seen a ghost and said "I think they're eating our missing cat." They never saw the cat again, so I guess he was right.

 

[TerryBoyz]

Am I the only one the keeps humming prince songs after reading this thread?
Answer: Probably.