Humane Way to Get Birds to Stop Perching on Porch Overhang

I know many people who have used the fake owls. The birds (intelligently) don't stay long enough to examine it and see if it's a real owl or not.

I've found that power-washing using the jet option on my hose nozzle cleans bird droppings off well.

Fake owls work great. My grandmothers neighbor kept them out of her garden with pie plate but that could be annoying.

Plastic owl or fake snakes.

We used a plastic owl once at our old house and it worked.

I have patriotic windmills in my flower beds to keep the bunnies from eating my roses.

Good luck

You could try wind chimes or bells to scare them away, or a plastic owl.

You can staple a little upcurled chicken wire around it, that whey they can not perch there. The lights down by beaches are often covered in spikes to keep the seagulls off.

We use plastic spike strips. They don't hurt the birds (ours were not high enough and a pigeon actually was nestled on top of them), they're just uncomfortable for them to perch on.

Are they huddling in a nook? I would say the best thing to do is to fill the void. We paid a lot of money to have wire and spikes put up and they just squeeze themselves in between the spaces.

I would like someone to secure a few 2x4's so the shade and shelter are no longer available.

The chicken wire is the best solution. I've seen it use even on private porches and it works.

Fake snakes keep birds out of my grandma's raspberries. Might work for you.

We are having the same problem and my aunt told us to paint the ceiling of our porch sky blue. Supposedly that's what she had to do at her house (I never realized there was a reason for her blue porch) and she says it confuses the birds so they won't nest there. We haven't tried it, so I don't know if it really works or not though.

Steel wool placed up there in crannies can also help.

Here is a recipe for chili water you can spray up there., It will keep the birds away.

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there are iridescent streamers called "Irri-Tape" that come in a long roll and you can cut into any length you want. Something shiny blowing in the wind seems to irritate them. You can put them up individually, or cut several lengths and attach them at one end so they blow out almost like the streamers in a pompom. There are instructions and suggestions on the package. They're not as effective on still days as on breezy days but apparently the reflective surface annoys them too. There are plenty of animal-and bird-repellent recipes on the internet but of course you have to re-spray after each rain, so that's inconvenient.

Both of our neighbors have those hanging owls from their porch and it seems to work. Sometimes we will watch the barn swallows try and fly under and when they see the owl they squak and fly away. I would try that before the chicken wire. good luck!

We tried using an inflatable owl, a mechanized solar powered owl, a snake hanging, putting in wind chimes and handing old CDs to deter birds and squirrels from beheading our tulips. The animals were not at all put off by the deterrents and even took to using them as perches.

Chicken wire to prevent access is probably your best bet.
Good luck.
F. B.

The reflective streamers worked on my house. Came on a roll for $10 at the "Wild Birds" store. I cut the streamers and stuck them onto duck tape to apply where needed.