How do I get rid of annoying barn swallows that constantly attack me?
Question:Ok. These birds built their nests right in front of my duplex, and every time I come out the front door, 2-3 barn swallows (i think) come swooping down at me, chirping and dive bombing me almost from every effing direction. I usually have to make a mad dash to my car or take cover when walking to check the mail. It's getting ridiculous! One hit me in the head today, so I'm making a full out attempt to get rid of the seemingly cute birds that are really the spawn of satan. What can I do to get rid of or possibly even kill these damned things? It can't be illegal either. I would poison them (and I still may) but a lot of my neighbors have dogs and i don't want to end up killing one because it got hungry. That would probably be illegal in that case. Anyway... please help!
Answers:
Well you can do a couple of things..
Right now they are raising their young.. If you wait about 2 weeks they chicks will be able to fly and they will all leave. If you tough it out you will not have to kill them.
BUT.. if you MUST get rid of them now, you simply need a garden hose... soak their mud nests until it softens and the nests fall..
If you wait out the hatchlings, you can blow down the empty nest.. then, next year when they start to build them (or later this year if they re-build them) keep soaking them down.. eventually they will stop and go somewhere else... Meantime you will have clean eaves.
Shoot them with a bb gun
Umm I have never seen a swallow attacking a person before. I don't mean to laugh it is just funny image. They are probably attacking because there is young in the nests or you could have young birds learning to fly and testing their new skills on you.
So you wish to get rid of the spawn of satan, here is how. Climb up there and remove their nests. You can also cover the areas where they are nesting with chick wire. They may rebuild though but after a while they will get the hint.
Do not use poison because it won't work on the birds and you will most likely kill something you don't intend or need to. These birds eats bugs and since you can't provide poisoned bugs, it won't work and I would be pissed as hell if you killed my dog with your poisons. I think your neighbors would agree with me on that one.
Really if you want to avoid this you must prevent the nest building before the young are born, if just the eggs toss them out of the nest but if the birds are born then mom could be mighty mad and odds are you can't fly so when they attack you on the roof or ladder gravity wins. Birds don't like returning and staying in nests that have human scent, so wait until they leave, climb up and start throwing nests.
Best of luck
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