Birds in RV Barn

Santabobswife · 05-18-2020, 01:27 PM

Our RV barn is open. Shortly after building it, we started having some birds. We got a couple of plastic owls and mounted them....some help, not completely. Then we purchased a LOT of rubber snakes and put them in the eves. Seemed to help a lot. Then, here they came again. We put up wind chimes and that really helped for a while. NOW, this year the birds are back in multiples. I think every one that was ever born near is now nesting in our RV barn. It looks like a bird outhouse.

Any suggestions?

CurtPutnam · 05-18-2020, 01:58 PM

My dad had lots of problems with pigeons in his barns. He ruined my boyhood .22 by using birdshot in it. I used a pellet gun (ammo is much cheaper) and shooting it is likely to be legal. Also had a huge problem with bats - which totally freaked my wife so I spent a day shooting bats with the pellet gun. YMWV

FordHauler · 05-18-2020, 02:00 PM

I used bird netting stapled to the bottom of trusses in my previous outbuilding. Google bird barrier to get lots of things to consider
Travel safe

dalford · 05-18-2020, 02:13 PM

We had problems with ducks getting in our pool. We strung fishing line from pvc poles along the edge of the pool on the side they came in. No more ducks..

I would string across from rafter to rafter. Or put several strands a foot apart around the perimeter of your barn. Birds don’t like objects that damage wings..

You see this is a lot of waterfront restaurants...

Cyote61 · 05-18-2020, 02:46 PM

There is a poduct called Preditor Eyes that we've used in several places and it really works. Its a big yellow blow up ball that has big foil eyes on it and u just hang it up under the shed. Not expensive and really does work. Barn swallows are one of the hardest nastiest birds to run off and it even got rid if them in one place we had. Should not be hard to find one. Just checked Amazon and they have a three color package for 17.50. We've only tried the yellow one.

Reverse_snowbird · 05-18-2020, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Cyote61

There is a poduct called Preditor Eyes that we've used in several places and it really works.

Never heard of it, but we don't have a barn either.
Is this it? https://www.walmart.com/ip/Visual-sc...hoC0-kQAvD_BwE

PoppySteve · 05-18-2020, 03:59 PM

We had Martins in a Live Oak tree next to my office building. Very beneficial birds, but leave the worst mess. They tried everything to move them along. The only thing that worked was bird net to keep them out of the tree. Mist net I think it's called.

oxcamper · 05-18-2020, 04:05 PM

Go organic and natural:
CATS
(we have about 17 barn cats looking for a good home)

CurtPutnam · 05-18-2020, 05:41 PM

We had a herd of barn cats too. The pigeons were way too high and therefore too much work when there were a gazillion rodents running around.

CincyGus · 05-18-2020, 05:50 PM

Most of the snakes/owls/predator things work initially and then the birds get used to them and realize they are of no threat.

Netting is the cheapest solution, building a ceiling so there are no roosting spots is the other. I've seen plastic sheeting using to cover up access but it doesn't hold up for more than a season or two. Maybe a tarp nailed up and covering access as a longer lasting solution.

Otherwise, get the pellet rifle out and zero in the scope.

Cyote61 · 05-19-2020, 07:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Reverse_snowbird

Never heard of it, but we don't have a barn either.
Is this it? https://www.walmart.com/ip/Visual-sc...hoC0-kQAvD_BwE

Yes that's it! You don't need a barn to have barn swallows. And overhang and they will build a mud nest asap. The mud is very hard to clean off.

Dirt Sifter · 05-19-2020, 08:10 AM

I used these in the rafters of the hay barn above our TT. Because of the rafter height, I fixed them to 1x2's on the shop floor, then secured the 1x2's to the top of the rafters. Protected the top of the trailer from roosting bird droppings, but not from the fly-by attackers (and I think some of them made a game of it!) Good luck.

https://www.amazon.com/Bird-X-Plasti.../dp/B0019F8IX6

jwfrede · 05-19-2020, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Santabobswife

Our RV barn is open. Shortly after building it, we started having some birds. We got a couple of plastic owls and mounted them....some help, not completely. Then we purchased a LOT of rubber snakes and put them in the eves. Seemed to help a lot. Then, here they came again. We put up wind chimes and that really helped for a while. NOW, this year the birds are back in multiples. I think every one that was ever born near is now nesting in our RV barn. It looks like a bird outhouse.

Any suggestions?

I just had a carport built last fall, 30x40, and the birds started coming in recently. I put plastic owls around, worked for a little while. I bought some reflective stuff and some with eyes from amazon. Hope that works. From what I am reading, blocking the places they go may be the only way. This was built to hold an RV, walls are 14', dang, that won't be easy.

Anybody try the light weight owls/birds of prey that hang on a string and are supposed to move in the wind?

aircommuter · 05-19-2020, 02:38 PM

I have had good success on my houseboat with mylar bird tape. Lots of reflections with minimal air currents. They use this in agriculture.

Vince and Charlette · 05-19-2020, 04:01 PM

Just completed a 24x56' pole barn to house our camper. Anticipating a problem like yours, I had metal soffit all around and eave insulation with insect netting. It cost more for these things, but we didn't want to chase these issues for the rest of our lives on earth! Unfortunately, we have boring bees...about the size of the end of your thumb. Thankfully, they don't sting. But believe me, they can destroy a 2x4' beam in a few years. They come back year after year and use the same holes which twist and turn inside the wood longer and longer each year. Nothing (legal) kills them. "Bee Box" catches them but not very effective. Catches one or two a week while there are a hundred or more around the house and our nearby farm equipment barn.

mjones12 · 05-19-2020, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Santabobswife

Our RV barn is open. Shortly after building it, we started having some birds. We got a couple of plastic owls and mounted them....some help, not completely. Then we purchased a LOT of rubber snakes and put them in the eves. Seemed to help a lot. Then, here they came again. We put up wind chimes and that really helped for a while. NOW, this year the birds are back in multiples. I think every one that was ever born near is now nesting in our RV barn. It looks like a bird outhouse.

Any suggestions?

One suggestion: check your air conditioner before next trip. Ours quit working but was fine after dealer charged us $135 to take the cover off and remove a bird nest. A 5-minute job.

aircommuter · 05-19-2020, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Vince and Charlette

Just completed a 24x56' pole barn to house our camper. Anticipating a problem like yours, I had metal soffit all around and eave insulation with insect netting. It cost more for these things, but we didn't want to chase these issues for the rest of our lives on earth! Unfortunately, we have boring bees...about the size of the end of your thumb. Thankfully, they don't sting. But believe me, they can destroy a 2x4' beam in a few years. They come back year after year and use the same holes which twist and turn inside the wood longer and longer each year. Nothing (legal) kills them. "Bee Box" catches them but not very effective. Catches one or two a week while there are a hundred or more around the house and our nearby farm equipment barn.

Try Bifen on the ares where those bees hangout.

jwfrede · 05-19-2020, 05:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vince and Charlette

Just completed a 24x56' pole barn to house our camper. Anticipating a problem like yours, I had metal soffit all around and eave insulation with insect netting. It cost more for these things, but we didn't want to chase these issues for the rest of our lives on earth! Unfortunately, we have boring bees...about the size of the end of your thumb. Thankfully, they don't sting. But believe me, they can destroy a 2x4' beam in a few years. They come back year after year and use the same holes which twist and turn inside the wood longer and longer each year. Nothing (legal) kills them. "Bee Box" catches them but not very effective. Catches one or two a week while there are a hundred or more around the house and our nearby farm equipment barn.

I use bee traps from amazon, they work great, but price is double what I paid a year ago.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Homebrew · 05-19-2020, 05:57 PM

I have a bird issue in my Carolina carport.
This has been the worst year ! Thinking about removing the facia/ soffit trim piece to prevent the nesting.

debit · 05-19-2020, 06:22 PM

I have an enclosed RV garage where the birds have destroyed the fiberglass screens that cover the round air holes, to nest I keep covering the screens on the inside with thin plywood. I really need to re-screen with stainless steel mesh. The problem is that it is 19' high on the outside.

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