Follow These Steps to Rid Yourself of Nuisance Birds

by Kevin Smith Author

Birds can be beautiful. They also can be a royal pain in the you-know-where. They can destroy crops and plants, soil where they build nests, carry a host of diseases and drive you nuts all day and night with their incessant chatter. If you have a bird problem and need residential bird control in Long Island, NY, here are some tips to hold you over until the exterminator gets there.

Survey the Suckers

The more you know about your bird problem, the easier it will be to rid you of it. Take notice of what type of bird, what attracts them to your property, if possible, where they root or nest, exit and entrance points as well as where they eat. Document all of this for review by your exterminator and for you to assess if the efforts to rid your property of the nuisance birds is a success.

Remove and Address Attractions

Birds rarely just stop by a property for a visit. Something attracts them to your space. If you can figure that out and eradicate the attraction, you will go a long way towards ridding yourself of the birds entirely. Look for nesting places, feeding stations, garbage, nesting materials, etc. Also, look for bird nests, fledglings, droppings and dead birds, which can attract other birds.

Install Early and Change It up

The best time to get rid of birds is before they arrive for the season. Have your deterrents in place before they get there and they will move on. If you are using physical deterrents, mix it up and change them without altering their sphere of influence. This will throw birds that do stay off guard and eventually they will need. You also should survey your property and try and figure out where the birds will go when you repel them from the trouble spot. Head them off and make it clear moving on is the only option.

Use All Means Available and Necessary

Your exterminator will come up with a viable bird removal strategy, but if your problem is massive or persistent, you may have to brace yourself to a few realities. Specifically, if the problem is bad enough, severe measures may be necessary. Those can be relayed to you by your exterminator, but you should know going in it is a possibility and make a decision if drastic measures are acceptable.

Bird lovers adore birds up and until they eat their favorite flowers, plants or vegetables. For the rest of us, birds are nice to look at as long as they are not a nuisance. If you are looking at residential bird control in Long Island, NY, follow these steps to give you and your exterminator a head start in ridding you of your bird problem.