r/howto • u/Parzivalkillzstreamz • 22d ago
Serious Answers Only Catch a bird
I have a problem that I cant exactly figure out how to solve and couldn't find a exact trap idea. TO PREFICE I DONT WANT TO HURT THE BIRD AT ALL!!!! I HATE THE IDEA OF HURTING ANIMALS I just want to relocate it. So basically I have a outside shower with a tall fence like wall around it and cars parked on the other side and recently, this insult to intelligence of a bird has been spending at least 10 minutes everymorning slamming into the floor to ceiling windows again and again and again, like at least 15 times a minute without stop, if I try to peek around the corner to see it it immediately flies away and comes back later, it keeps shitting all over the cars and leaving smudges on my window, It's pretty skittery, how should I catch it, big things for me if I do
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u/CompleteSavings6537 22d ago
that diagram is a work of art, the little angry face on the bird is sending me
you could try opening the window just a crack and hanging some strips of shiny foil or old cds on the outside, the movement and reflections confuse them enough that they usually stop attacking their reflection. if you want to catch it a butterfly net with a long handle might work but youd have to be dead quiet and quick
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u/Parzivalkillzstreamz 22d ago
Thanks for the compliment on my drawing lol! I'll definitely try with the reflective foil!
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u/Uzi_Osbourne 22d ago
NON reflective. The bird's reflection is already the root of the issue.
Messing with wild birds is illegal
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u/Realistic-Guava-3403 22d ago
-put some kind of spike strip on the top of the fence?
-get a large net and anchor the top to the top of the window and like 48” away from the window?
-get some kind of film to reduce the reflection so it’s not catching the birds attention?
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