skymama 35 #26 May 6, 2005 QuoteMarry her. No more swallows! LOL...thank-you, I was wondering if anyone else was thinking the way I was. Birds were not the first thing that came to mind when I read that thread title! She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jlmiracle 7 #27 May 6, 2005 I'm assuming you are talking Barn Swallows? Mine just showed back up. They have 2 nest under our porch. They make a mess but its easy to clean up and they eat lots of bugs. If you want them to move, take 1/2 coconut and nail it up somewhere you will tolerate them. They will use that for their nest next year - maybe. I have one barn swallow that will swoop me while i'm in the yard. It has yet to attack me. jBe kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrunkMonkey 0 #28 May 6, 2005 QuoteYou can get electronic noise makers, I HIGHLY recommend getting the "sonic" ones with the frequency of sound humans can't here. But not if you have a dog... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brains 2 #29 May 6, 2005 Steve, others have posted similar things, but at the dz, the owners put up some silver mylar ribbon around the eves. It sways with the wind and is reflective, it seems to keep them away. Never look down on someone, unless they are going down on you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #30 May 6, 2005 Hey, they're fellow flyers ... leave um alone. (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr2mk1g 10 #31 May 6, 2005 get a long pole and knock their nests down then. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #32 May 6, 2005 I have barn swallows all over the area where I live. I see them flying in those unpredicable zig-zagging paths chasing down bugs in the air. The only problem I've had with them is one of them will fly down into the chimney, and are not able to get out. This has happened 8 times in 5 years. I never would have known they were in the fireplace (which has glass doors) if I didn't have cats that make a beeline to the fireplace doors looking in, with tails thrashing about. When I see that, I gather the cats up and put them in another room with the door shut, then open the fireplace doors and root around until the swallow flies out. Then its flying around the living room, foyer, dining room, sometimes hanging on the ceiling or something, and it takes a good bit of time coaxing it out the front door. A couple times I got lucky when it flew right into my abdomen and hung there on my shirt. We have bats flying around at dusk too, but luckily none of them have gotten into the fireplace... I have been meaning to get a rain-shield and screen for the top of the flue to keep rain and birds out, but never seem to get around to it... "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StevePhelps 0 #33 May 6, 2005 QuoteHey, they're fellow flyers ... leave um alone. Yeah, but MOST fellow flyers don't poop on your front door step. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wartload 0 #34 May 6, 2005 QuoteQuoteHey, they're fellow flyers ... leave um alone. Yeah, but MOST fellow flyers don't poop on your front door step. Are you suggesting that I should stop? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #35 May 6, 2005 Use a real snake next time. That'll surprise 'em. I fed a baby bird to my snake once. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rebecca 0 #36 May 6, 2005 QuoteUse a real snake next time. That'll surprise 'em. I fed a baby bird to my snake once. I remember that thread! ..and I picked the baby bird up gently, coaxed it back to life and then... I fed it to my python. you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiver30960 0 #37 May 6, 2005 Quotespit instead I'm absolutely FLOORED that it actually took as long as 14 responses for this thread to move in this particular direction... Elvisio "it must be Friday" Rodriguez Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpinfarmer 0 #38 May 7, 2005 Hang a red handkerchief up where they want to nest and they should leave. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StevePhelps 0 #39 May 7, 2005 Thanks, the fake snakes are working (I think) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peacefuljeffrey 0 #40 May 7, 2005 QuoteWhat do you mean? An African or European swallow? DAMMIT! You beat me to it!! Actually, when I first saw the thread title, I thought, "Easy. VOMIT. Gets rid of lots of swallows." -Jeffrey-Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #41 May 7, 2005 QuoteI'm absolutely FLOORED that it actually took as long as 14 responses for this thread to move in this particular direction... I'm shocked no one has said "Just send her over to my house." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
