Bird Control Services
Birds seek out crevices, holes, and high places that protect their young from the elements. Typical nesting locations in your house include gutters, chimneys, attics, roof returns, or vents.
Different birds require different removal strategies. Catching or trapping birds is nearly impossible. The most effective control method is to make their roost unattractive.
Nuisance Bird Problems for Homeowners
There are a few signs that suggest a bird is occupying your interior or exterior living space. By identifying them, you are better equipped to make the best decisions for bird removal. It’s important to act quickly when you recognize the signs of bird problems before any issues develop.
The most common signs of bird problems
- Bird Droppings cause unsightly problems and carry numerous diseases
- Bird Nests in the attic, vents, or roof can create fire hazards and water damage.
- Property Damage on the roof, vents, and gardens caused by birds.
- Bird Noises in the house will make noises throughout the day.
Where are Birds a Problem in the House?
Birds seek out crevices, holes, and high places that protect their young from the element. Unfortunately for homeowners like you, that can include various places in and around your home, including attics, soffits, roof returns, vents, and chimneys.
Birds in Your Attic
Some birds will shimmy into your attic when a large enough crevice allows. Common species include:
- Pigeons
- Barn swallows
- European Starlings
- House Finches
- House Sparrows
- Woodpeckers
Exclusion is the most effective method of removing birds in the attic. Bird exclusion flaps allow the bird to leave, but they cannot re-enter.
From there, a Critter Control wildlife technician will seal all potential entrances, clean the area, and then sanitize. Critter Control recommends against DIY solutions and traps within the house, where birds may suffer or become injured. This is especially important for federally protected bird species, where the law bans harassing most species.
Birds on Your Roof and Gutters
Birds will roost (settle) or nest on roofing for any number of reasons. The most likely reason is that your roof is near a food or water source. These bird infestations can soil or damage your home’s roof and cost you money.
There are several techniques we employ to deter birds in the roof from sticking around and returning, including:
- Distress calls
- Mylar tape and balloons
- Removing nest materials and food/water sources
Similar tactics are used to remove pigeons from roofs and trees.
Birds in Your Soffits and Roof Returns
Soffits and house corners, places where gutters meet and connect to downspouts, often attract birds. They’re a convenient source of fresh water, making them an appealing option for these feathered critters.
To prevent birds from taking up residence in these areas, it’s important to maintain clean gutters to prevent clogs and keep water from pooling. Critter Control wildlife technicians can handle bird nest removal and install gutter guards and/or screens to prevent both bird nesting and debris that could create a problem for your home’s drainage system.
Birds in Your Vents and Exhaust Pipes
Birds in vents may occasionally choose to nest in these areas and can even become stuck. They may squeeze into your home via the vents on the side of your house, kitchen, and bathroom exhaust vents, and similar areas.
When any of these situations occur, it’s important to call a professional with the proper equipment and expertise to minimize the stress on the animal. Once the professionals remove the bird from the vent or exhaust pipe of your home, they can install a guard to prevent further recurrence.
Birds in Chimneys
Some birds prefer to make their homes in hollow trees, and for those species, your chimney is an attractive place.
Critter Control wildlife technicians can remove nests and baby birds if you suspect one is in your chimney. To prevent birds in the chimney, it’s important to install a chimney cap, especially before the fall and winter, when you may be using your fireplace.
Expertise in Bird Control
The only thing more resourceful than animals invading your space is a Critter Control Canada technician. Our comprehensive and continuous training ensures that we continue to be a leader in the wildlife removal and exclusion industry.
The strategy for bird-proofing, exclusion, and prevention is to make the space the birds are occupying difficult to access and make the surrounding environment less attractive to them.
For areas outside of your home or business, such as roofs, soffits, and trees, tactics can include sealing gaps, adding mesh and caps to chimneys and vents, and installing spikes to keep birds from roosting and nesting. Reflective objects, decoys of predators, and auditory deterrents can be placed in and around your trees.
Exclusion Techniques
- Bird netting, installed either horizontally across a ceiling or roof or vertically along a wall, doesn’t allow birds to land. Zippers are installed that provide access so maintenance of lights and other types of fixtures can be maintained.
- Bird Slides create angles to protect flat surfaces such as ledges, beams, and windowsills by making it impossible for birds to land without sliding off.
- Custom metalwork can be fabricated and installed in areas that have unique shapes and sizes to exclude birds from accessing a space or structure.
Building Modifications
- Bird wire is an installation of stainless steel posts with spring-tensioned wires spanning the posts that create an unsteady landing for birds. It can be installed on ledges, windowsills, pipes, windowsills, and structural beams.
- Bird spikes work well for medium to large birds. They consist of rows of metal or plastic spikes connected to a base that is attached to ledges, windowsills, and structural beams to keep birds from roosting.
Bird Deterrents
A bird deterrent is a method that makes an area in which birds are landing, roosting, or nesting uncomfortable or inhospitable for them.
- Bird gel is a substance, either spread directly on a surface or placed in a series of gel dishes, that deters birds both visually and physically. Birds are repelled by its smell and texture.
- Bird electric tracks are applied to ledges, signage, and roofs. They provide landing birds with a mild electrical sensation that encourages them to roost elsewhere.
- Bird hazing is a substance in the form of a spray, mist, or vapor made of nontoxic grapeseed oil. Often sprayed on lawns and dining patios, it is an effective means of deterring feeding birds such as geese. Hazing is not a bird control choice when near bird traps, and hazing a confined bird is inhumane.
Contact Critter Control Canada Today
Critter Control Canada is a leader in wildlife control and wildlife exclusion throughout the country, taking the stress off of families and animals when urban and suburban living brings things too close for comfort. Make us your go-to wildlife removal company for expert and humane removal, exclusion, and repair.
We back all of our services with our animal exclusion guarantee because we know that our wildlife exclusion techniques keep animals out of homes and businesses. Call us at 833-965-2881 to locate a Critter Control nearest you.