Every morning before dawn i am woken up by a stupid bird outside my window here in suburban Sydney. What is it and how do I get rid of it? I've tried shaking the tree, yelling obscenities, and I even bought one of those hooters that starts running races. Nothin scares away this winged fiend. In fact I think the hooter encouraged it. What can I do…I'm so sleep deprived and desperate…
Audio of this winged demon is here: https://streamable.com/jdvewp
depends what you're into I guess
I think change your thinking. This call marks the dawn of a new day and new beginnings. Bird music is the best! They are the scapegoats of so much human hatred, yet every day they get up and sing. An example for us humans.
We also have cockies and lorikeets squawking and going nuts. They're having fun. I love the COO of pigeons and the Twitter of their babies. Try listening to howling wind sleep videos on you tube…they drown out everything.
Maybe learn to love it? :-) It's amazing how we have wildlife bothering us, rather than trains, pick-hammers, compressors, reversing trucks etc. I personally love when the only sound I hear is wildlife. Mosquitoes buzzing on the other hand…
Post here, it seems most members live in rural area and always share their experiences with insects and animals etc. I am sure they may help. https://www.facebook.com/groups/571825706490213/
I am voting you for the Archibold prize………….
I fully expected that video to be one of those jump scare ones with a scary face at the end.
P.S. The bird call is so soft. Eat a bag of cement and harden up princess. :p
I have two suggestions that doesn't harm the bird:
1. Hang CD's with the reflective side outside your window pointed at the tree. Not sure about what the process is behind this but it scares away the bird
2. Play the mating call of a louder natural predator over a speaker or a more aggressive bird species
A japanese girl and a black dude mating would suffice for number 2?
You think you have a problem?
Every day before dawn the bloke next door lets off one of those hooter things! What the hell? The sun isn't even up yet… The other morning after the hooter I saw him outside swearing and cursing and shaking the trees! What a nutter. Considering calling the police about the hooter though. On the other side are crazy folk who dead lift and drop weights at 4:30am. Without a mat. My life is torture.
You win (or lose, really).
Its a wattle bird. Good luck.
We had one outside our window last year and every morning at around 5am it would make its calls. It went on for 6 months.
We tried shaking the tree, shining a torch at it, yelling. Nothing worked.
This year however we got a cat, and we haven't seen the bird, so maybe the cat scared it away.
They are very aggressive and extremely agile.
A wattle bird killed my pet canary.
I see them chase down mynah birds, which are often in packs. They don't seem to be scared of much.
We bought a pretend owl from Bunnings. It worked for a while before the batteries ran out,
This is a nature of living in Australia. Lots of wildlife, some of it loud. Whenever my American relatives would come over they would talk about "shooting those damn birds" - particularly in reference to the sulfur crested cockatoos. Unless you're going to leave the country, or incinerate all nature in the audible zone around you, I suggest you get used to it! You'd be surprised what you learn to block out :)
Those cockatoos is a nightmare when it fly pass my house in the early morning. Thanks god is not too often.
I suggest you get used to it! You'd be surprised what you learn to block out :)
Yep, I inadvertently blocked out my wife. I can be zen while she yaps.
Yeah, no more nature incineration thanks
Perhaps you should move out
Ear plugs.
It goes right through the earplugs!
Active noise cancelling headphones
I hope you find a solution to your problem, but I can’t stop thinking that we live in a beautiful country. I’d rather be woken by a bird than traffic/noisy neighbours.
It's a dying giraffe.
Some people live with construction, trucks, police, ambulance, loud cars, loud music, crying babies, yelling, domestic violence, gunshots, drugs.. You have a bird.
Buy a gym set and bash weights around at 4am to scare it off
Or maybe he should suggest the bird buy itself a cone of silence so he isn't bothered by the noise? But in no way buy it for the bird though.
I think he needs to do it at 4:30 am to scare it off.
Try hanging old audio CD around there.. shiny side towards windows. It repel birds
I think you need to calm down and start liking the place you are living in.
Perfect message notification sound, thanks OP.
If you find a solution let me know. I had Cockatoos come around pooping on my balcony everyday tried owls and sticky deterrents didn't work.
Ended up just moving.
Lol
Comments on here are pathetic
No u
Have you tried asking it nicely?
I have a uni degree and unfortunately my degree doesn't equip me with the answer to this question.
Currawong / black jay .. or similar … smart family of birds.. good luck!
Start a youtube channel and post daily bird videos as ASMR, earn ad revenue and use that money to sound proof your room
So now we can expect a post soon from someone in Sydney complaining about a looney neighbour using a loud hooter at all hours of the morning.
Just a thought… maybe play predator bird noises on a portable speaker near your window, perhaps it will get scared and fly off. Do that every time it does it and eventually (hopefully) it will move on
How many of you actually listened to the recording?
My area (Gold Coast) has the same problem, there's these birds that starts yelling at around 10pm and all the way till 5am…
I've heard some neighbours going insane at night and began swearing out loud.
This started around June this year and wasn't like this previous years. They sound kinda like Macpies but I'm not sure.
All night would be terrible
Waiting for tomorrow's post
My neighbour keeps getting up at dawn, swearing profanities and letting off an air horn. Please help.
Sorry it's just the wife nagging me again…
Party Streamer popper
I put one in the tree next to our bedroom and put a string through my window and let it off when the bird started up. Scared it off after a couple of days,
I have a similar problem with a bird outside my window. It drives me nuts. If i get up to scare it off, I will be fully awake, I usually just half sleep through his hour long rubbish. My bird has a god awful call that is so very ugly. I would not have an issue if he sung sweetly.
I do not have a solution alas.
I share your pain
its a parrot impersonating a squeaking wheel of a shipping trolly
You need a better pair of hooters
Honestly as someone who has dealt with noisy crows and kookaburras at multiple places across Queensland… Just start wearing ear plugs like these when you go to sleep:
https://www.chemistwarehouse.com.au/buy/64577/surgipack-6257…
They're pretty comfortable to the point where I don't even notice I'm wearing them most nights.
You will have to move
I used to have one of those in a tree on the nature strip, i called it the Bastard Bird. It was a total nightmare every spring but then the power company trimmed the tree and it never came back. Just an absolute blessing.
Any tips on how to get rid of pigeons?
I had to use lethal methods for a pigeon infestation on my balcony. If possible, try to remove nearby trees.
Just don't hire dick dastardly him and his mates couldn't catch a single one :)
Lol i remember
Stop the pigeon, stop the pigeon…
Get cat. That get rid of any birds really quickly. ;-)
Let the bird live dude. It's only singing in the morning. We are not stupid enough to think you are sleep deprived
Install a Triple glazed window ? This will help with other sounds too
Aw, he's singing to you. Welcome it instead of hating it. We have a magpie that chirps for most of the night and I find it very relaxing.
That would be awful
Open your window & screams at the bird: R U OK, MATE?!?
I have birds sh*t at same place everyday. Really annoy.
I recently moved into a new place and the balcony had a pigeon problem. At first, I tried non-lethal methods such as using bird tape, shiny objects, fake owls, bird spikes, etc., but it didn't work after a day as they got used to it. As cleaning bird poop is a waste of money and time, as well as bird poop being a health risk, I had to move on to less vegan methods, such as nest destruction. That kinda worked, but I wanted them gone as I cannot afford to maintain them. I then moved on to lethal methods (obviously cannot explain on here) and I'm happy with the results. Also, cutting down nearby trees may help although it is not always possible. I believe my actions are justified because I am doing it to put food on the table (no pun intended) and keeping us healthy.
because I am doing it to put food on the table
A real ozbargainer would do exactly that. Cage those pigeons, give them clean feed for a couple of weeks and then cook up a tasty “squab” dinner.
I'm quite interested to hear the negger's opinion on this
I had a similar issue with a bird making a lot of noise at dawn outside my son's bedroom.
I solved the problem by waking up at dawn for a week and directing a garden hose at the tree to simulate rain. The bird decided to find another tree where it did not rain every morning.
Birds are smart I tell you. I was wanting the birds to stop crapping all over the chairs and tables. So I bought a wind chime and stuck little square mirrors all over the chime. The intent that the reflection of the light on the walls would scare away the birds.Months later the shit is back and the birds don't give a shit about the sound or the reflections the mirrors produced.
Definitely had this happen to me. Had to play it the hard way.
My neighbors have an entire flock of birds in cages. I don't mind most of them because chirps aren't grating on the ears but the raven or crow they have is obnoxiously loud and unpleasant to listen to.
In cages?!!!
Hey mate,
Sounds like a 1994 Toyota Corolla.
Hope this helps.
Peace.
birdie num num
Every time it makes a sound, get the hose and spray the tree. It will get the hint soon enough.
That's the endangered geometric bird.
Yip, its in iso(sceles).
Well thankyou for you contribution Smitty69. Obviously it took over a year to wake YOU up!
I’d rather be awoken by some birds mating than my roommates mating.