Birds can be beautiful while singing in the morning, or flying through the sky. However, when they make themselves a home where they are not wanted, the beauty quickly turns into the beast. Around the holidays, you may discover your wreath decoration has been taken over by birds, who have mistaken it for a nest. Federal law protects them from being killed, so lawn and garden specialists have derived do-it-yourself tips and tricks for keeping your house all your own.
Super glue a magnet to the back of your wreath, and then hang it on your door. This disrupts the birds means of sensing direction.
Instead of the traditional red velvet bow, tie a metallic or bright colored bow on the front of your wreath. Birds are afraid of anything that resembles a predator. The disruption of nature “causes the bird to be nervous,” and it will steer clear.
Hang the wreath on a tree instead of a door, and hang streamers from the branches of the tree. The slight whisper of wind scares away even the bravest of birds. Your local variety store should sell holiday-themed streamers, should you want to keep up the spirit.
Non-toxic bird repellent is available at your local hardware store. Buy a can, and spray one to three shots directly on the wreath, and the door surrounding it.
Using old compact disks, build a shadow around your wreath. Take the compact disk and duct tape it to your door, before hanging the wreath. Do this in three spots, and hang the wreath so that only a slight amount (approximately one-tenth) of the grey reflection from the disk can be seen.
If you arent one to mind how things look up close, enclose bird netting around your wreath before hanging. Stealth Net can be cut to fit its exact size.
Birds associate the color red with fire and will tend to venture away from yards with an access of red and orange. If your yard is already decorated for the season, you may simply want to consider adding a strand of red lights (available at your local variety store).
If your homemade means of scaring away these birds have proven futile, companies sell fake predator ornaments you can place in your lawn.
Under no circumstances should you chase birds off your property, with sprays or large objects. Mother birds are protective of their children, and will deem you a target of attack should they find you a threat to their offspring. Since humans do not know if a bird is dependent or not, it is best to steer clear.
People love to decorate their homes for the holidays, and it’s just as much fun to decorate the outside as the inside. You can make wreaths to commemorate a variety of occasions, but when you place one on your front door, it attracts birds to nest there. At first, you might find this cute, but once the birds start dropping on your front door, you might not think so.
Look for any aluminum items you may have around the house and place them next to your wreath. Because birds dislike shiny things, this will keep them away from your wreath.
Fill a bowl with warm water. Add some crushed chili peppers to the bowl. Set the bowl out in the sun for two days.
Transfer the bowl’s contents into a vacant spray bottle. Spray this mixture on your wreath. If the birds manage to get past the aluminum, it will deter them rather than harm the wreath.
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When they are singing in the morning or soaring through the sky, birds can be quite lovely. But the beauty soon becomes the beast when they establish a home where they are not welcome. During the holidays, you might find that birds have taken over your wreath decoration because they thought it was a nest. Lawn and garden experts have developed do-it-yourself tips and tricks for keeping your house uniquely yours because federal law protects them from being killed.
Using old compact disks, build a shadow around your wreath. Before hanging the wreath, take the compact disk and duct tape it to your door. Make sure to hang the wreath so that only a small portion (roughly a tenth) of the grey reflection from the disk is visible after doing this three times.
In the event that your attempt at deterring these birds via homemade methods has failed, businesses offer artificial predator decorations that you can put in your lawn.
Non-toxic bird repellent is available at your local hardware store. Purchase a can and spray one to three shots on the door surrounding the wreath as well as the wreath itself.
Attach a brightly colored or metallic bow to the front of your wreath in place of the conventional red velvet bow. Birds are afraid of anything that resembles a predator. The disturbance of the natural order “makes the bird nervous,” so it will avoid the area.
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