Two Easy to Install Bird Control Products
Bird control is needed and used far beyond residential properties. Boats, marinas, churches, sports stadiums, commercial warehouses, and airports are just a small handful of locations where a lack of proper bird control products can prove detrimental to business operations, asset longevity, and customer safety. Implementing bird deterrents is vital to keep pest birds away and prevent severe structural and environmental destruction. Their nesting materials and accumulated droppings are not only destructive to property but also represent a serious biological health hazard.
Bird droppings are highly acidic, capable of corroding metals, destroying roofing materials, ruining fabric awnings, and staining building signage. The damage accelerates dramatically when waste is left to accumulate. Furthermore, unmaintained bird debris harbors numerous transmissible pathogens—including over 60 diseases such as E. coli, salmonellosis, histoplasmosis, and cryptococcosis—along with secondary pests like bed bugs, mites, and fleas. Installing bird control products proactively prevents these cascading consequences. Common nuisance species targeted by these systems include pigeons, house sparrows, starlings, crows, Canada geese, and gulls.
Stainless Steel and Plastic Bird Spikes
Implementing effective bird exclusion is essential for maintaining a clean, professional property. Bird spikes are a proven physical deterrent that stops pest birds from landing on awnings and rooftops or roosting in gutters and steel girders. Stainless steel bird spikes are widely specified by architects, contractors, and government agencies for their exceptional durability. Requiring virtually no maintenance, they feature an engineered bend-and-crush design that locks the prongs securely into a UV-protected polycarbonate base available in multiple splay widths.
Alternatively, property managers can utilize plastic bird spikes, which are manufactured in a variety of colors to match mounting surfaces and offered in multiple widths. Because they are non-conductive, plastic spikes will not interfere with electrical transmission or communication equipment. They mount easily on flat or curved surfaces—including inside illuminated corporate signage letters—and feature a built-in glue trough for fast adhesive application, or they can be secured using screws and nails.
Bird Slope Barriers
Another highly effective physical exclusion product is the bird slope. Bird slopes are ideal for 90-degree architectural angles such as ledges, beams, and eaves where pest birds love to roost and nest. They are particularly effective at stopping cliff swallows from attaching their mud nests to vertical walls. Bird slopes consist of slippery, UV-protected PVC panels that create an incline, causing birds to slide right off instead of landing.
Both bird spikes and bird slopes provide reliable, easy-to-install protection while remaining completely safe and humane for the birds.
Bird B Gone is the world's largest manufacturer and distributor of commercial and residential bird control products, offering professional-grade solutions. For expert product advice, custom architectural layouts, or installation support, contact Bird B Gone at 800-392-6915.