How do I keep robins from pecking at my window/pooping on my deck?

[Jordan]

Every spring right through to the end of the summer I have a robin or two
that love to peck at my windows. They start about 5:30 in the morning and
come back every hour or two. Very very irritating!

In years past I have been very tolerant of the bird spit on my windows, but
this year the robin is crapping all over the deck. It / they sit on the
window sill and crap there and on the deck and sit on the railing and crap
on it and the deck. Also I can't even park my car in the driveway near the
deck because they or it craps all over that too. I really can't believe how
much crap comes out of these things

I know it has a nest under the deck so in the fall I am going to clear it
out and screen in the ledges under the deck so the can't come back next
year, but I need to keep them off my deck this year because it is
ridiculous. What can I do to keep them away from the deck and stop them
from pecking on my windows and crapping on my car?

[sanity]

Post by Jordan
Every spring right through to the end of the summer I have a robin or two
that love to peck at my windows. They start about 5:30 in the morning and
come back every hour or two. Very very irritating!
In years past I have been very tolerant of the bird spit on my windows,
but this year the robin is crapping all over the deck. It / they sit on
the window sill and crap there and on the deck and sit on the railing and
crap on it and the deck. Also I can't even park my car in the driveway
near the deck because they or it craps all over that too. I really can't
believe how much crap comes out of these things
I know it has a nest under the deck so in the fall I am going to clear it
out and screen in the ledges under the deck so the can't come back next
year, but I need to keep them off my deck this year because it is
ridiculous. What can I do to keep them away from the deck and stop them
from pecking on my windows and crapping on my car?

I had that with Cardinals when I lived in Florida. I was told that the
females see the reflection of another bird in the window and think it's a
threat to their offspring. The only way to get rid of this is to dull the
reflection of the glass. Either use a glass wax that fogs the window or like
I did, a plastic drop cloth covering the window. Looks like hell but we were
able to sleep after that. The following year the birds nested elsewhere so
I didn't have that problem.

[Colbyt]

Post by Jordan
Every spring right through to the end of the summer I have a robin or two
that love to peck at my windows. They start about 5:30 in the morning and
come back every hour or two. Very very irritating!
In years past I have been very tolerant of the bird spit on my windows,
but this year the robin is crapping all over the deck. It / they sit on
the window sill and crap there and on the deck and sit on the railing and
crap on it and the deck. Also I can't even park my car in the driveway
near the deck because they or it craps all over that too. I really can't
believe how much crap comes out of these things
I know it has a nest under the deck so in the fall I am going to clear it
out and screen in the ledges under the deck so the can't come back next
year, but I need to keep them off my deck this year because it is
ridiculous. What can I do to keep them away from the deck and stop them
from pecking on my windows and crapping on my car?

Pardon my being "bad" and then I will offer a real suggestion or two. Clear
the $200 worth of junk out of the garage and park your 20K plus auto in the
garage where it and the gas it contains belongs and will be safe. I am
constantly amazed at the people who treasure junk more than their cars.

The only times I have ever know birds to peck at a window is if the window
harbors tasty insect morsels OR the bird can see its own reflection and
wants to kiss. The insects may be the easier of the two problems to solve.
A board with nails driven all the way through placed on the ledge may
discourage landing. A single strand of mono-filament line stretched from
one side to the other may do the same. Something strong enough to trip them
and not strong enough to support their weight.

They same method will discourage landing on a deck rail.

A fake owl placed where they can see it may also scare them away.

Colbyt

[Jordan]

Colbyt,

Sometimes people need to park in the driveway because they don't want
to wake the whole house on days they need to leave for work at 6:00
instead of 7:00.

Boy do I wish my 10 year old car was still worth $20,000, but then
again I would have to start bringing it to the car wash regularly
again instead of once a year like I have for the past 5 years ;)

Jordan

[Lisa BB.]

Post by Jordan
Every spring right through to the end of the summer I have a robin or
two that love to peck at my windows. They start about 5:30 in the
morning and come back every hour or two. Very very irritating!
In years past I have been very tolerant of the bird spit on my
windows, but this year the robin is crapping all over the deck. It /
they sit on the window sill and crap there and on the deck and sit on
the railing and crap on it and the deck. Also I can't even park my
car in the driveway near the deck because they or it craps all over
that too. I really can't believe how much crap comes out of these
things
I know it has a nest under the deck so in the fall I am going to clear
it out and screen in the ledges under the deck so the can't come back
next year, but I need to keep them off my deck this year because it is
ridiculous. What can I do to keep them away from the deck and stop
them from pecking on my windows and crapping on my car?

I stopped a bird from doing the window attacks. I taped paper grocery bags
to the outside of the window so the bird couldn't see a reflection. My
house has a large enough overhang in case it rained the bags didn't get
wet. I only had to do that for a couple of years. But only for a short
time, not the whole years. Just a few weeks in the spring.

Then another bird was doing it at another window. I took a long pole and
tied white rags to the end of the pole and set it near the window. Problem
solved.

The pooping is hard to control since you can't control the air space.

[TD]

Your windows are the problem. Smash them out.

[Pat]

Post by Jordan
Every spring right through to the end of the summer I have a robin or two
that love to peck at my windows.  They start about 5:30 in the morning and
come back every hour or two.  Very very irritating!
In years past I have been very tolerant of the bird spit on my windows, but
this year the robin is crapping all over the deck. It / they sit on the
window sill and crap there and on the deck and sit on the railing and crap
on it and the deck.  Also I can't even park my car in the driveway near the
deck because they or it craps all over that too.  I really can't believe how
much crap comes out of these things
I know it has a nest under the deck so in the fall I am going to clear it
out and screen in the ledges under the deck so the can't come back next
year, but I need to keep them off my deck this year because it is
ridiculous.  What can I do to keep them away from the deck and stop them
from pecking on my windows and crapping on my car?

How good of a shot are you with a pellet gun>

[nick hull]

Post by Jordan
I know it has a nest under the deck so in the fall I am going to clear it
out and screen in the ledges under the deck so the can't come back next
year, but I need to keep them off my deck this year because it is
ridiculous. What can I do to keep them away from the deck and stop them
from pecking on my windows and crapping on my car?

Find the nest and feed the eggs/chicks to a cat, then get some .22
birdshot for the parents. Anyone have a good recipe for robins?

Free men own guns - www(dot)geocities(dot)com/CapitolHill/5357/

[SteveB]

Post by nick hull

Post by Jordan
I know it has a nest under the deck so in the fall I am going to clear it
out and screen in the ledges under the deck so the can't come back next
year, but I need to keep them off my deck this year because it is
ridiculous. What can I do to keep them away from the deck and stop them
from pecking on my windows and crapping on my car?

Find the nest and feed the eggs/chicks to a cat, then get some .22
birdshot for the parents. Anyone have a good recipe for robins?

They make a good gumbo.

Steve

[Smitty Two]

Post by Jordan
Every spring right through to the end of the summer I have a robin or two
that love to peck at my windows

I'm a bleeding heart animal lover, but after being woken up every single
morning for a month, I went out and shot the bastard with a BB gun. It
was only one bird doing it.

[No One]

clean em and cook em like little chickens, the bush years have been lean
for me to say the least

[Red Green]

Post by Smitty Two

Post by Jordan
Every spring right through to the end of the summer I have a robin or
two that love to peck at my windows

I'm a bleeding heart animal lover,

Yea me too Smitty. But I don't believe head lice have rights :-)

Post by Smitty Two
but after being woken up every
single morning for a month, I went out and shot the bastard with a BB
gun. It was only one bird doing it.

[Eric in North TX]

Post by Jordan
Every spring right through to the end of the summer I have a robin or two
that love to peck at my windows. They start about 5:30 in the morning and
come back every hour or two. Very very irritating!
In years past I have been very tolerant of the bird spit on my windows, but
this year the robin is crapping all over the deck. It / they sit on the
window sill and crap there and on the deck and sit on the railing and crap
on it and the deck. Also I can't even park my car in the driveway near the
deck because they or it craps all over that too. I really can't believe how
much crap comes out of these things
I know it has a nest under the deck so in the fall I am going to clear it
out and screen in the ledges under the deck so the can't come back next
year, but I need to keep them off my deck this year because it is
ridiculous. What can I do to keep them away from the deck and stop them
from pecking on my windows and crapping on my car?

The most fun would be an electric fence charger connected to a wire on
the window ledge + a well grounded wire directly next to it.

[HeyBub]

Post by Jordan
Every spring right through to the end of the summer I have a robin or
two that love to peck at my windows. They start about 5:30 in the
morning and come back every hour or two. Very very irritating!
In years past I have been very tolerant of the bird spit on my
windows, but this year the robin is crapping all over the deck. It /
they sit on the window sill and crap there and on the deck and sit on
the railing and crap on it and the deck. Also I can't even park my
car in the driveway near the deck because they or it craps all over
that too. I really can't believe how much crap comes out of these
things
I know it has a nest under the deck so in the fall I am going to
clear it out and screen in the ledges under the deck so the can't
come back next year, but I need to keep them off my deck this year
because it is ridiculous. What can I do to keep them away from the
deck and stop them from pecking on my windows and crapping on my car?

Here's an idea outside the box - or rather inside the box.

Find a three-sided aquarium. They hang out near apartment dumpsters.

Line the three remaining sides with reflective foil. Fashion a lid.

Mount the contraption in the window. Open lid. Put in bird-seed. Close lid.

Birdies will now come into your breakfast room, or wherever you've mounted
the gizmo, to have their meal and you can enjoy them up close. With a
suitable hole in the lid, you can even shoot the little bastards.

[l***@invalid.com]

Post by Jordan
Every spring right through to the end of the summer I have a robin or two
that love to peck at my windows. They start about 5:30 in the morning and
come back every hour or two. Very very irritating!
In years past I have been very tolerant of the bird spit on my windows, but
this year the robin is crapping all over the deck. It / they sit on the
window sill and crap there and on the deck and sit on the railing and crap
on it and the deck. Also I can't even park my car in the driveway near the
deck because they or it craps all over that too. I really can't believe how
much crap comes out of these things
I know it has a nest under the deck so in the fall I am going to clear it
out and screen in the ledges under the deck so the can't come back next
year, but I need to keep them off my deck this year because it is
ridiculous. What can I do to keep them away from the deck and stop them
from pecking on my windows and crapping on my car?

Sit a cat on your window sill !!!!!!!!!!

[jp]

Post by Jordan
Every spring right through to the end of the summer I have a robin or two
that love to peck at my windows.  They start about 5:30 in the morning and
come back every hour or two.  Very very irritating!
In years past I have been very tolerant of the bird spit on my windows, but
this year the robin is crapping all over the deck. It / they sit on the
window sill and crap there and on the deck and sit on the railing and crap
on it and the deck.  Also I can't even park my car in the driveway near the
deck because they or it craps all over that too.  I really can't believe how
much crap comes out of these things
I know it has a nest under the deck so in the fall I am going to clear it
out and screen in the ledges under the deck so the can't come back next
year, but I need to keep them off my deck this year because it is
ridiculous.  What can I do to keep them away from the deck and stop them
from pecking on my windows and crapping on my car?

buy a fake owl. This will scare them away. If possible, try to find
one with a moving head, Good luck henry penta ***@verizon.net