How to keep robins away from car

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I’ve lived in my house going on 3 years. This is the only time this has ever happened. They land on the mirrors and peck away at the mirror and windows. So I folded the mirror in and then they land on the window trim weather stripping and poop down the door. Every single day for the last two weeks. Any serious ideas? And no I’m not parked near any trees. I’m usually parked next to the Subaru. Or where I am but further up
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That sucks. I have seen cars in my area with their mirrors covered in a plastic bag and you've done that and it works but I'm not sure about the other issue. The worst part is they're not happy just sitting there, they have to take a dump on your doors. So annoying.
 
Robins are ground feeders, when they perch on your suv they are cleaning their beaks and resting. I think it may be that your vehicle is the highest point near your grass and convenient for them. They also will perch there to not be so obvious to birds such as Cooper’s hawks, these have been in full force near me. Just a shot in the dark here but should get better when they go to nest
 
I had this same exact problem last week or so. I have parked my truck in the same exact spot for 15 years since we bought our house, and never one problem until now.

Female robin going APE SH!T on my mirrors and rear glass. They think the reflections are rival birds, and peck and POOP like crazy. 99% of them will realize it is not a real bird and give up. Not this one, though.
It even started in on the back glass of my wife's Jeep.

I put bags on the mirrors, folded them in, you name it. I tried it all.

I'm an animal lover, but I don't need to have my vehicles damaged either. Sadly, this particular bird had to be taken out by me.

If I am violating Federal Law, I'll make it up to them in 2022 when I get my stimulus check.
 
ducksfan said:
Buy a quality airsoft rifle. Shoot'um.
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I mistakenly liked "against federal law". I, and my wife really like this one - shooting just to chase away, not maim or kill. The robins in our neck of the woods are equally obnoxious.
 
When birds went buts on my car windows I taped two glue traps on my mirrors. Caught both. End of issue. Wont say here what birds did this as I know we have some sensitive folks. Happened years ago.

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AMDG75 said:
"against federal law".... The robins in our neck of the woods are equally obnoxious.
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Our Government probably has an actual AAAF (Anti-Aviary Abuse Force), but can't seem to be able to send a piece of paper in the mail. (Oh, wait..... I'm not talking about the one stating that you OWE money. It seems that those flow out in the millions flawlessly.....)
 
Same thing happened to my F150 last year. Bird would sit on mirrors n leave a present. So I wrapped towels around mirrors n that worked for the side windows. Then it started bouncing/flapping wings up n down on the Tonneau bed cover looking at itself in the window. Finally took a large mirror (I was renovating the bathroom n was installing a new one) placed it by the truck with an old chair in front of it and the bird spent hours pecking at the mirror and bird bombing the chair, never went back to any of the vehicles . I still have the mirror in case a new one shows up this year
 
Markymapo said:
Same thing happened to my F150 last year. Bird would sit on mirrors n leave a present. So I wrapped towels around mirrors n that worked for the side windows. Then it started bouncing/flapping wings up n down on the Tonneau bed cover looking at itself in the window. Finally took a large mirror (I was renovating the bathroom n was installing a new one) placed it by the truck with an old chair in front of it and the bird spent hours pecking at the mirror and bird bombing the chair, never went back to any of the vehicles . I still have the mirror in case a new one shows up this year
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Now that is using the ol' noggin Mark!!
 
My mirror n chair by the driveway were the talk of the neighborhood ( it confirmed their beliefs that I was from another dimension)
 
•Being that robins are the birds that are
most afflicted with the neuro-psychosis
“Mirrored-Self Misidentification” (MSMID)...
-then: keeping robins away from a vehicle
is one tough row to hoe, IMO.

•Currently there are no robin-explicit
treatments for MSMID.

•On the other hand:
-Antipsychotics may become “the best practice”
for treatment of this particular bird-brain-delusion.

•However...Let it be known that, so far:
-My efforts to get robins to ingest said
antipsychotics on a trial basis has been
met with somewhat limited success.

Note:
Will update when additional information
is made available to me.


Bob
 
Over the years, for some reason, robins seem to have become more of a pest. Maybe they're getting too many pesticides from the worms they eat ? :laughing:

Three years ago, robins attacked and tore out our front porch light while we were gone for a few days. Came home to find pieces of the light laying on the porch and wires hanging. I looked up and there was part of a nest inside the light can/housing.

We also have a continuing problem with robins trying to nest on the decorative crosshead above our front door. Now I put those metal bird spikes up each spring to prevent this. Note to self ... install spikes tomorrow.

I have also used one of these to discourage robins and other birds when they are being a pest.

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PaulMys said:
Our Government probably has an actual AAAF (Anti-Aviary Abuse Force), but can't seem to be able to send a piece of paper in the mail. (Oh, wait..... I'm not talking about the one stating that you OWE money. It seems that those flow out in the millions flawlessly.....)
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You can go the IRS site and input your direct deposit info to speed things up. Otherwise it could take up to 20 weeks to receive the check via mail.

Go to Get My Payment | Internal Revenue Service and click on the blue Get My Payment button to start the process.
 
FUNX650 said:
•Being that robins are the birds that are
most afflicted with the neuro-psychosis
“Mirrored-Self Misidentification” (MSMID)...
-then: keeping robins away from a vehicle
is one tough row to hoe, IMO.

•Currently there are no robin-explicit
treatments for MSMID.

•On the other hand:
-Antipsychotics may become “the best practice”
for treatment of this particular bird-brain-delusion.

•However...Let it be known that, so far:
-My efforts to get robins to ingest said
antipsychotics on a trial basis has been
met with somewhat limited success.

Note:
Will update when additional information
is made available to me.


Bob
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Can someone in Ohio please help Bob back inside from his Peyote fire pit? ;)
 
Firecrackers. Don't have to shoot em. Just toss a few out the door when you see the birds. About a 10 shot should be enough to scare them off.
 
yes, get Bob back inside away from the Peyote fire pit ( too funny)
 
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