How to Prevent Birds from Nesting on Your Building
Pest birds can quickly become a costly nuisance for building owners. Birds often build nests to seek refuge from weather and predators, and to gain easy access to food and water. This is why you’ll typically find them on rooftops, near AC units and vents, under solar panels, and around signage.
The most effective way to prevent birds from nesting on your building is to be proactive. And that means installing effective and humane bird deterrents before birds arrive this spring. Here’s what the bird control pros at Bird B Gone recommend:
Stainless Steel Bird Spikes
Available in three different widths—3-, 5-, and extra-wide 8-inch—Bird B Gone Stainless Steel Bird Spikes provide increasingly wider areas of pest bird deterrence. The base of these spiked strips is just 1.5 inches wide, so they can easily be installed on very narrow surfaces. A built-in glue trough and pre-drilled mounting holes allow for fast, easy installation using commercially available glues, screws, or tie-downs. A flexible base—which bends a full 360 degrees—allows the spiked strips to easily follow a variety of curved exterior surfaces, while a patented "bend and crush" design keeps the spikes embedded in an unbreakable UV-protected polycarbonate base.
Bird Net 2000 Heavy Duty Bird Netting
Creating a physical barrier that denies pest birds access, Bird Net 2000 Heavy Duty Bird Netting provides a humane, proven-effective bird deterrent for buildings. This netting is often specified by architects and contractors because it has been shown to prevent the accumulation of bird droppings and nesting debris, significantly reducing the cost of cleanups, maintenance, and repairs created by flocking birds. Made of tough UV-stabilized polyethylene, Bird Net 2000 is specially fabricated to withstand demanding industrial and commercial environments. Comprising six monofilaments, each 0.0012 thick and twisted 160–200 twists per meter, the netting is rot-proof, waterproof, and flame-resistant, remaining effective through a wide range of outdoor temperatures.
Bird Slope Panels
Bird B Gone’s Bird Slope panels deny birds access to all those 90-degree nooks and crannies in and around your building. When pest birds attempt to land on these angled, slippery panels, they slide right off. The panels are easily screwed, glued, or nailed to any flat surface, with a glue trough on the underside simplifying installation using standard outdoor polyurethane adhesives. A convenient "snap-on" Slope Extender easily adapts the panels to ledges wider than 10 inches, special mounting clips allow vertical installation on the sides of buildings, and end caps prevent birds from getting behind them. Bird Slope comes in two colors—stone and grey—and is made of UV-protected PVC material for lasting durability, remaining non-conductive for extra safety near electrical wiring.
Copper Mesh Bird Deterrent
Ideal for keeping both large and small birds out of small crevices, holes, and nooks in your building, Bird B Gone’s Copper Mesh is easily shaped to seal out pest birds. Coming in 6-inch-wide, 20-foot rolls, it is rustproof and stainproof (unlike steel wool, which can rust and stain surfaces). Copper Mesh also keeps birds from working their way under roofing shingles and nesting around conduit and lighting fixtures.
Consult the Experts
If you’re unsure about which product would work best for your building, Bird B Gone has decades of combined experience in the field of bird control. We can help you with product selection, installation, and cleanup. Just call us at 800-392-6915 for a catalog, pricing, or product samples, or email us at nobirds@birdbgone.com. We also work with a network of authorized installers—call today to connect with a trained bird control professional in your area.