Comments on: How to Keep Birds OUT of Hanging Plants

By: Therese O.

Therese O. — Sat, 02 Jul 2022 17:08:38 +0000

how long does it take for the entire process to evolve? from birds laying their eggs, to the baby birds flying out.
I have a nest in hanging flower basket right by my sliding patio door.
Today I actually saw the mother bird sitting in there…. I plan on not disturbing the nest but it will be difficult. Can we still hang around the patio and make noise?

By: Bonnie Pega

Bonnie Pega — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 12:21:03 +0000

In reply to Diane. I'll stick my rubber snakes. They work great. The problem with moth balls, they do release toxic chemicals into the soil. I want to repel birds, not kill them.

By: Diane

Diane — Sun, 26 Jun 2022 14:33:36 +0000

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080716111421.htm#:~:text=Summary%3A,well%2Ddeveloped%20sense%20of%20smell. I was confused when someone said birds can’t smell scents. So this article begs to differ. I was thinking of mith balls. I live around many trees where birds can nest. But every year birds nest in my artificial hanging flower baskets. As much as I love the birds, I don’t love the poop all over my porch and inside the baskets so in my new baskets this year I will put foil and mothballs inside. The birds have a gazillion trees and birdhouses they are more than welcome to use.

By: Bonnie Pega

Bonnie Pega — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 12:02:12 +0000

In reply to Matthew.

I know–every year I go back to my “buddy” the rubber snake, to keep bird out of the basket by my front door!

Bonnie

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 01:29:56 +0000

Living with nature is fine but when it destroys your porch and ruins your plants and yard that your earned money pays then you have to kick them out sorry !!!

By: Bonnie Pega

Bonnie Pega — Tue, 31 May 2022 18:27:21 +0000

In reply to Donna Colton. Every once in a while there is a spot that is just so attractive to birds, you just can't hang a basket there. I have a spot in the corner of my back deck that nothing seems to work, but it all works fine on the front porch and any other spot. About all you can do is check ever day or two and remove nesting material as you find it.

By: Donna Colton

Donna Colton — Tue, 31 May 2022 16:54:33 +0000

Whelp I tried everything to keep the Junkos out of my hanging plants. I used rubber snakes moved around, cotton balls soaked with ammonia and or citrus oil. I placed small rocks in my planters and also wooden skewers. Guess what, nothing worked, I give up. I surrender. They build nests anyways. Now I don’t mind the Robin’s, and the Eastern phoebe nesting in my porch overhangs, but my plants…booo.

By: Bonnie Pega

Bonnie Pega — Sat, 21 May 2022 13:27:56 +0000

In reply to Diane. I stand by the rubber snake---birds won't near it and snakes usually stay away from other snakes. Check your basket often, too. Everytime I walk by I check mine.

By: Diane

Diane — Sat, 21 May 2022 12:05:33 +0000

Birds nested in a hanging fern on my back porch and a large snake came–and stayed–to eat the eggs. We got rid of the snake and any ideas of future hanging baskets.

By: Lynette Garet

Lynette Garet — Sun, 01 May 2022 16:16:05 +0000

We had a couple of yellow bellied flycatchers build a pretty impressive nest in our hanging plant on the balcony of my upstairs office. We thought it was soooo cute and fun — until it wasn’t. The bird poop was fine- we just washed it off a couple of time a week. The issue was the bird mites. They seemed to suddenly appear one day- I went out on the balcony to clean and became covered in them within a minute. Tiny tiny – you almost can’t see them – but they bite and leave you feeling itchy. They can’t live on human blood – so they will die off in a couple of weeks if they infest your home. So good news there. And, it became pretty unpleasant having to work with the balcony doors closed all the time and not being able to go out and enjoy the balcony in the evenings. So — we waited until the babies flew from the nest, got rid of it, and will be doing whatever it takes to prevent them from nesting there again. There are plenty of other places for them to nest in our yard or around the house and they are welcome! But, no more will they be allowed where bird mites can get into our home and on our bodies.