Goddam bloody sodding Birds!!!!
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I've parked the car in the same spot, pointing the same direction, since April 2008 and apart from the obligitory post wash and polish "bombing", not been touched.
However, over the last 6 weeks or so, the crew of little 'uns (blue tits mainly), have started attacking my wing mirrors. Sitting on the lip, smashing their faces into the mirror, blurring them with feather wax (or at least it seems as if it's feather wax), but the problem is, whilst they're there, they are crapping like there's no tomorrow, all down both sides of the car! And it's not just the odd drop, it's sodding tonnes of the stuff. Every day!
What the hell are they doing?
Bags.
However, over the last 6 weeks or so, the crew of little 'uns (blue tits mainly), have started attacking my wing mirrors. Sitting on the lip, smashing their faces into the mirror, blurring them with feather wax (or at least it seems as if it's feather wax), but the problem is, whilst they're there, they are crapping like there's no tomorrow, all down both sides of the car! And it's not just the odd drop, it's sodding tonnes of the stuff. Every day!
What the hell are they doing?
Bags.
Have you tried folding the mirrors in to make them less bird friendly?
If that doesn't work you need two cats, one cable-tied to each mirror. Make sure the cats are mounted face in, obviously, and the s
t down the doors problem will go away. It's not cruel because once the cats have starved a bit they'll be able to slip out of the cable ties - takes about two weeks, which is often long enough to modify local bird behaviour.
Alternatively park near some student housing over night and your door mirrors will be kicked off, preventing the birds from using them as a toilet.
Or buy an early mk1 MX5 - the mirrors on these won't support the weight of a bird, and once the mirrors have fallen off you can drop the roof for superb over-the-shoulder vision.
If that doesn't work you need two cats, one cable-tied to each mirror. Make sure the cats are mounted face in, obviously, and the s
t down the doors problem will go away. It's not cruel because once the cats have starved a bit they'll be able to slip out of the cable ties - takes about two weeks, which is often long enough to modify local bird behaviour.Alternatively park near some student housing over night and your door mirrors will be kicked off, preventing the birds from using them as a toilet.
Or buy an early mk1 MX5 - the mirrors on these won't support the weight of a bird, and once the mirrors have fallen off you can drop the roof for superb over-the-shoulder vision.
LuS1fer said:
It's Spring so they are fighting off the "rival" in the reflection. Just cover them up and leave some old-fashioned foil topped milk bottles on the doorstep to distract them. They're not stupid, they're just acting like tits.
Excellent combination of science and puns. More of the internet should be like your post.
I had the same problem with a blue tit, litle b@stard produced 4 times its own weight in crap over the last 3 weeks, resulting in 3 cars, (one of which I had just detailed) being covered in bird mess.
All day every day no matter where you park on the drive attacking the wing mirrors, got fed up of wiping it off to the extent that I left it for a week and the mountain of crap produced was astonishing! Not even coving the wing mirrors stopped it
All day every day no matter where you park on the drive attacking the wing mirrors, got fed up of wiping it off to the extent that I left it for a week and the mountain of crap produced was astonishing! Not even coving the wing mirrors stopped it
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