We have some brown birds who love to peck mirrors and carwindows...every day again and they also love to poop while doing it.

 

What can be done to stop them? We tried covering the mirrors already but then they go to the clean carwindows or even the chrome headlight of the motocycle.

They think its an intruder on their patch, how you stop them??

I  have one  who sits  on my gate  ( stainless mirror finish) and attacks  himself everyday.............i went out and  had a stern chat with him.............it  didnt help.

Hang a  rubber  snake on the car?

Edited November 28, 20196 yr by Chazar

This only happens with territorial birds, and then only with new adults, as they get older they either give up or realise it is a reflection. As tests have shown that many birds, such as pigeons, can recognise their reflection, probably the latter. 

I was thinking to hang small mirrors in the tree's so he can fight with those....would that help?

Open the doors and let them out.

27 minutes ago, anterian said:

This only happens with territorial birds, and then only with new adults, as they get older they either give up or realise it is a reflection. As tests have shown that many birds, such as pigeons, can recognise their reflection, probably the latter. 

Magpies are, thus far the only birds that have demonstrated self-recognition in a mirror.

 

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14552-mirror-test-shows-magpies-arent-so-bird-brained/

 

The rest, as you say are challenging a rival in their territory. A while ago we had a chick find its way into our garden. It was in overnight and in the morning there was a trail of droppings in front of our glass front door. In that case, I suspect it was trying to get back with its siblings which it perceived to be on the other side of the window.

What can be done to stop them? We tried covering the mirrors already but then they go to the clean carwindows or even the chrome headlight of the motocycle.

 

Buy a car cover and cover your car. Simple!! No more poo on your mirrors or windows.

1 minute ago, bbi1 said:

 

 

Ohh i would have never thought of that, so convenient! My wife told me to kill the bird but i'm looking for a better solution first.

Just now, Thian said:

Ohh i would have never thought of that, so convenient! My wife told me to kill the bird but i'm looking for a better solution first.

Your wife could be right. You could have it for tonight's dinner.

Simple , get a cat.

11 hours ago, Liverpudlian said:

Simple , get a cat.

We have loads of cats here from the neighbours....they only poop on my lawn and scream at night.

56 minutes ago, Thian said:

We have loads of cats here from the neighbours....they only poop on my lawn and scream at night.

Well they should at least be burying it and are you sure they are not laughing ? ???? 

Edited November 29, 20196 yr by Liverpudlian

try some decoys... 

   get a stack of old (or at least no longer wanted) CDs.

 

Not the CDR type, but actual Pressed ones (as CDRs under theUV will be just clear plastic in a Month) 

 

anyways... same concept as decoys on a fruit tree... 

 

 

The thought of a threat/warning: Hanging a dead one off your mirror might no be aesthetic... 

 

19 minutes ago, Liverpudlian said:

Well they should at least be burying it and are you sure they are not laughing ? ???? 

I use a robot to do lawnmowing and outdoors vacuum cleaning...last year it was totally covered in cat poop....and that robot is expensive so i keep it in the living room...????

20 hours ago, bbi1 said:

 

 

A car cover can damage the paintwork if it constantly blown by the wind against the car, especially in this season.

7 minutes ago, Speedo1968 said:

A car cover can damage the paintwork if it constantly blown by the wind against the car, especially in this season.

Put the car cover on very tightly just like a condom. Problem solved.