#how to get rid of birds

[skedaddledh]

Kitchener WIldlife Removal: What Is Bird Moulting?

Like other animals, such as dogs, birds go through the process of shedding. However, for birds, this is called moulting. To understand more about what bird moulting is, why they do it and how the team at Skedaddle in Kitchener can help with humane bird removal services, click the link here.

#bird removal kitchener #how to get rid of birds

[reasonsforhope]

Humans are so cute. They think they can outsmart birds. They place nasty metal spikes on rooftops and ledges to prevent birds from nesting there.

It’s a classic human trick known in urban design as “evil architecture”: designing a place in a way that’s meant to deter others. Think of the city benches you see segmented by bars to stop homeless people sleeping there.

But birds are genius rebels. Not only are they undeterred by evil architecture, they actually use it to their advantage, according to a new Dutch study published in the journal Deinsea.

Crows and magpies, it turns out, are learning to rip strips of anti-bird spikes off of buildings and use them to build their nests. It’s an incredible addition to the growing body of evidence about the intelligence of birds, so wrongly maligned as stupid that “bird-brained” is still commonly used as an insult...

Magpies also use anti-bird spikes for their nests. In 2021, a hospital patient in Antwerp, Belgium, looked out the window and noticed a huge magpie’s nest in a tree in the courtyard. Biologist Auke-Florian Hiemstra of Leiden-based Naturalis Biodiversity Center, one of the study’s authors, went to collect the nest and found that it was made out of 50 meters of anti-bird strips, containing no fewer than 1,500 metal spikes.

Hiemstra describes the magpie nest as “an impregnable fortress.”

Pictured: A huge magpie nest made out of 1,500 metal spikes.

Magpies are known to build roofs over their nests to prevent other birds from stealing their eggs and young. Usually, they scrounge around in nature for thorny plants or spiky branches to form the roof. But city birds don’t need to search for the perfect branch — they can just use the anti-bird spikes that humans have so kindly put at their disposal.

“The magpies appear to be using the pins exactly the same way we do: to keep other birds away from their nest,” Hiemstra said.

Another urban magpie nest, this one from Scotland, really shows off the roof-building tactic:

Pictured: A nest from Scotland shows how urban magpies are using anti-bird spikes to construct a roof meant to protect their young and eggs from predators.

Birds had already been spotted using upward-pointing anti-bird spikes as foundations for nests. In 2016, the so-called Parkdale Pigeon became Twitter-famous for refusing to give up when humans removed her first nest and installed spikes on her chosen nesting site, the top of an LCD monitor on a subway platform in Melbourne. The avian architect rebelled and built an even better home there, using the spikes as a foundation to hold her nest more securely in place.

...Hiemstra’s study is the first to show that birds, adapting to city life, are learning to seek out and use our anti-bird spikes as their nesting material. Pretty badass, right?

The genius of birds — and other animals we underestimate

It’s a well-established fact that many bird species are highly intelligent. Members of the corvid family, which includes crows and magpies, are especially renowned for their smarts. Crows can solve complex puzzles, while magpies can pass the “mirror test” — the classic test that scientists use to determine if a species is self-aware.

Studies show that some birds have evolved cognitive skills similar to our own: They have amazing memories, remembering for months the thousands of different hiding places where they’ve stashed seeds, and they use their own experiences to predict the behavior of other birds, suggesting they’ve got some theory of mind.

And, as author Jennifer Ackerman details in The Genius of Birds, birds are brilliant at using tools. Black palm cockatoos use twigs as drumsticks, tapping out a beat on a tree trunk to get a female’s attention. Jays use sticks as spears to attack other birds...

Birds have also been known to use human tools to their advantage. When carrion crows want to crack a walnut, for example, they position the nut on a busy road, wait for a passing car to crush the shell, then swoop down to collect the nut and eat it. This behavior has been recorded several times in Japanese crows.

But what’s unique about Hiemstra’s study is that it shows birds using human tools, specifically designed to thwart birds’ plans, in order to thwart our plans instead. We humans try to keep birds away with spikes, and the birds — ingenious rebels that they are — retort: Thanks, humans!

-via Vox, July 26, 2023

#birds are literally learning how to better live/survive alongside us #this is like. actually kind of remarkable. and the technique is spreading including to other species. #is this hopepunk? it kinda feels like hopepunk to me. #animals are literally learning how to use our attempts to get rid of them against us #that's kind of amazing #and also VERY encouraging re: life's innate resilience #crows #magpie #corvid #crow #bird #bird nest #bird nerd #bird news #adaptation #urban animals #ornithology #climate adaptation #kinda #good news #hope #hope posting #hopepunk #animal intelligence #wildlife #animals are awesome

[gojosbf]

In role reversal au, do you think geto could kill gojo for the greater good? Why?

those two always used one excuse or the other to not face each other, they had so many chances to try to kill each other and yet they couldn't until the very last moment, so nope. Geto would've wanted to bring back Gojo to the right path or convince him to give up but wouldn't have killed him, just like how Gojo Satoru the strongest couldn't.

#they're birds of same feather they pretend they don't care but honestly how hard is it to ring up your old “best friend” and arrange for a #duel. if they were so aware of each other's whereabouts why not just try to get rid of each other #hmm. hmmmmm. yeah. thought so. #not to say it was yuuta who did the whole work gojo couldn't even bury him and switch the roles up I don't think much would've changed #jujutsu kaisen #jjk #ask #gojo satoru #geto suguru #satosugu #stsg #jjk spoilers

[skrunksthatwunk]

why the fuck did i write about birds this fucking sucks. i just found out birds only sleep for a few minutes at a time, hundreds of times a day. do you know what this is going to do to my structure? the logistics of their road trip? this is already like three days late and i've been fighting for my life to get A Plot Like Any Plot That Makes Sense out and now the birds fucking sleep for 5 minutes at a time.

#i should've just bailed and written another story when i had the chance #i'm not joking i've never fought a fiction piece this hard before. usually because i'm not writing for specific deadlines #and not a piece so big. and not one that's gonna be workshopped. i wanna blow them away but if things keep going the way they are everyone' #gonna tell me the pacing sucks and it feels pointless and the characters feel really confused. I KNOW. I KNOW THAT. FUCKK #i'm the type to do about 15 passes before i let someone see my 'first draft' and i'm just not gonna be able to do that if i want to get it #in time for a workshop. every day i delay is making things harder for my classmates y'know?? but i've been writing like 1k words a day #and it's still not done. GUHH #I DON'T LIKE WRITING THESE CHARACTERS THAT MUCH THEY'RE NOT FUNNY OR ENDEARING AND THAT'S MY LIKE. #MAIN SKILL AND VIBE WITH SHORT STORY DUOS. BUT NOOOO I HAD TO MAKE THEM DIFFERENT CUZ I WAS SICK OF DOING #THE SAME DYNAMIC OVER AND OVER. BITCH THIS IS YOUR FINAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TRIED AND TRUE GETS THE BLUE (RIBBON)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #head in my hands head in my hands head in my hands head in my hands head #going to work on it some more. fuckk #the voices aren't consistent and i'm trying to make it clear that this is toxic bird yuri and not a mother/daughter thing but the maternal #themes are kind of fucking with that but they're important and i don't wanna get rid of them but it feels forced cuz im forcing it #sigh. i'm gonna have to cut the yuri. these two don't work romantically at all. what a waste of time. #i watched the entirety of mnthly girls' nozaki-kun in the past two days while avoiding writing. did you know that? the lengths to which i'l #go? anyway it was fun i appreciate fellow creative agony and i uh never knew how they did screen tones and wasn't expecting that somehow #so i learned something new (hooray). anyway back to. fucking. bird story stuff #i'm so mad i hate these two (<- lying. just pissy) i hate this story (<- mostly exaggerating. throwing a tantrum) #eughhhhhh i just wanna lie on the floor and cryyyyyyyyyy (<- completely deadpan irl. not That upset just kind of sick of shit) #i'm so burnt out and it's only gonna get worse. ughh #why can't someone just come in and write it for meeeeeeeeeeheheuhhh (<- would hate that)

[yet-another-heathen]

Nobody: You know? Eight foot tall, four-armed, burly, surly, murderous, (literally!) smoldering demon women deserve love, too.

Spring, popping up over the edge of the railing and scaring the shit out of the Oryx crew:

@whumpsical this popped into my head while you were sleeping and would NOT leave me alone

#sorry Adrsiae you know you're not getting rid of her no matter how hard you try #The Bird and the Jackal AU #The Jackal of An-Nadr #Adrsiae #Spring #memes that are incomprehensible except to like one (1) person

[dromaeo-sauridae]

TWO NEW PEGASI WOOO!!

i. still dont have my brain wrapped around colors so especially the giant one looks a bit wonky but im working on figuring that out so !!

1) island giant pegasus:

at 7 1/2 feet (abt 2.2 meters i think?) at the withers they are the largest species of pegasus. they live on an (still unnamed) island and experience island gigantism due to the lack of other predators. they are nocturnal stalking hunters and most vocalizations fall below the human range of hearing. the only noise they make that is audible to humans is the low trumpeting sound they make to call to their young

2) pygmy pegasus

on the other side of the spectrum, the pygmy pegasus is the smallest species of pegasus, with the largest only being around 2 feet (.6 meters?) tall at the withers. they live in the forests of promethea and are omnivorous, eating berries, fruits, nuts, insects, and in some cases will attempt to steal from other animals or rummage through humans’ garbage. they have a wide range of vocalizations, with chirps, whistles, clicks, and more. they have become rare in recent years due to being out competed by the rise of birds like archaeopteryx.

theres my messy pegasi! beasts.

#my art #speculative biology #promethea #pegasus #fantasy #birds #the igp gave me a lot of grief with coloring i just gave up and went with that #i really want it to have bright reds as well as other browns but i just. augh. #i need to focus on figuring out color stuff bc i have so much of everything else figured out #but im really far behind on coloring. #BUT UH. ANYWAY #the pygmies have been giving me so much trouble #i knew i wanted to get rid of birds but couldnt think of a way to do it #then i realized that i could base them off of ancestral horses like eohippus! and this was born #cassandrian pegasi have so little resemblance to horses at this point its REALLY funny to me #but i love my weird creatures a lot #it makes me proud to see how far ive come with them #ive had them for quite a while. at least 3 years i want to say #and theyve developed really well #anyway im done rambling #i am very tired #pygmy pegasus #island giant pegasus #cassandrian pegasus

[scavenger-toll]

kind of an odd question for the MD community but i wanna see people’s thoughts

please dont start an argument under this post.

#murder drones #btw when i say “more accurate anatomy” i don’t mean getting rid of their 6 eyes or boot-loop light: i mean making them more bird like #idk how to explain it without going on a very long rant😭

[birdybellicose]

“Take your son before I kill him.”

#dungeons and daddies #dndads #Nark #Lark is obviously lying he would never hurt taylor #that man is all bark and no bite #felt like drawing a cute family-like scene again #I also just cant get over how effortlessly Taylor kicked Lark's ass on ep 26 #Taylor was going to be his teenage self but I changed him to a baby at the last second #So maybe this is some kind of happier AU #I also can't draw babies/toddlers or clothes or hands #So I decided to combine all three because I hate myself #Babysitting Taylor would be an entire ordeal #Ignore the weird glare that I can't seem to get rid of #Baby bird #lark oak-garcia #nicky freeman #my art

[autismmydearwatson]

Renfield never did anything wrong

#im gunna fucking say it #yeah so he eats birds!!!! so fucking what? #seward wasnt letting him have a cat #so how else was he gonna get rid of the sparrows #renfield deserves to kill seward #renfield my beloved #renfield #dracula

[skedaddledh]

Victoria Wildlife Control: Why Hire a Professional to Clean Bird Droppings Off Your Property?

Having birds on your Victoria property isn’t always a bad thing, however, their droppings can cause significant damage to your home. To learn why you should hire the team at Skedaddle to professionally clean bird droppings off your property, click the link here.

#bird removal victoria #how to get rid of birds

[itwoodbeprefect]

inspired by my own 9-1-1 / bad buddy post, here's a bad buddy / starsky & hutch sequel about cutting ties with your past, polluting the ocean, throwing small shiny rectangular objects, etc. 🌊

#this is fully a shitpost but also. i DID get into it and go a little insane over how well tiny parts of this happen to match up #as you may be able to tell by how many cuts back and forth this has. and how interminably long it is. i know 2+ min is an eternity online #i would say nobody asked for this but i would be lying because i asked myself. and i delivered!! #video #* #bad buddy #starsky and hutch #anyway of course i have more to say: #1) worth noting that pat and pran are specifically in a zero waste village. it's all about NOT polluting the ocean fdjkf #2) watching all of this a bunch of times... dear god starsk. hutch. take like five steps closer to the water maybe #the way things stand they have to throw those badges a LONG way or they're barely going to make a splash #(also. please don't hit those birds. the birds did not invent Society) #3) i'm glad the bad buddy dynamic is what it is because if it weren't. that would have been one of the meanest things pat does #4) sometimes i go. yes bad buddy is corny and cringe but that's okay!! it's fun!! #and then i remember hutch unironically says things like well partner. the way i see it this old badge has polluted me just about enough #and i realize that i've BEEN here. i've BEEN in the corny cringe. i am rolling around in it #5) as mentioned in tags on previous post. yelling your feelings at the ocean is very much a recurring trope in queer movies and tv #i should start making a list actually maybe. but also. if getting rid of their badges with synchronized throws wasn't enough by itself #i'm pointing at bad buddy (explicitly queer). i'm pointing at starsky and hutch. i'm seeing dots #there's just Stuff to talk about here you know. dear god is there ever Stuff

[robo-dino-puppy]

ducks in the forbidden west

bird experts correct me, but I think this is a cinnamon teal duck? i'd never heard about them until i was trying to figure out what duck i was looking at for this post - they're quite beautiful!

#horizon forbidden west #hfw #hfw duck #hfw wildlife #hfw birds #hfw little details #i've been glacially slowly working on Organizing my stupid captures folder #and do you know how many shots are in in right now (after i've already gotten rid of/moved several hundred) #over 11‚000 #eleven THOUSAND #oh my god why #what the fuck past me #i mean i know why #often i take 4-10 different shots of the same setup #with different light or sometimes a filter #and usually end up only looking at one or two once i get them on a computer screen #and then just leave them in the folder like a dumbass #and there are ones that are automatic trophy screencaps and spots on the map and other things that aren't actual interesting pictures #but fuck #hlep

[atlantic-riona]

should I...break out my box of comics...

#that thing is so heavy but I want to read comics not on a screen #counterpoint: it is heavy #and getting rid of any of the ones I don't want is a pain #I mean I could throw out the single issues but I would feel really bad because they were gifted to me and some of them are older now #not like super old but idk if I should hang on to them or what #I SHOULD get rid of my new 52 birds of prey volumes but I've been keeping them out of spite considering how much trouble I went through #To get them #dc

[erythristicbones]

ive been quiet about my original stories lately but just know that i had insane brainworms all day about adapting one of my askblog stories into an original story. rotating Keahi in my brain for six hours let's go

#aw shit it needs a blog tag uhhhhh lets go with #os: little fang #woo okay #now to ponder this more before bed #everyone's getting renamed except maybe Keahi bc i really like her name #finn & addy are just regular ppl while everyone else is a mythical humanoid creature #derry needs a COMPLETELY new backstory bc i cannot figure out how to adapt it #yarrow and dakote and star will likely be cut from the story completely (rip) #yes anyone who follows me here an not the blog has no idea who any of these characters are #also gotta brainstorm an entirely new setting 😔 or at least pin down my world map a bit more oof #also....ghost would really fit as an Oracle but also in my lore Oracles cant die so like #how am i gonna get rid of ghost?? the woman who has no qualms hunting down children to kill and likely wouldnt ever STOP hunting them? #unfortunately Keahi loses all her kibby features rip 😔 she's gonna get bird like qualties instead

[shrimplicitly]

if anyone wants a fresh dead fucking bird it just broke its neck on my balcony door NEVER MIND POST CANCELLED IT GOT BACK UP AND FLEW AWAY

#image.txt #maybe it will make me start crying. if i look at it long enough #it didnt die right away :( it seized :( its blocking the entrance :( #what. the fuck do i do with it. how do i get rid of it #i dont want to touch it #every day its something huh. every day #IN THE MIDDLE OF WRITING THESE TAGS #PENNSYLVANIA BIRDS ARE INDESCRIBABLE #THE BIRDS WORK FOR THE BURGOISE THE BIRDS WORK FOR THE BURGOISE #INDESTRUCTAVLE I MEANT INDESTRUCTABLE

[dan-crimes]

Weird Al mention

#me when I randomly bring up Weird Al to my family all the time #me when my Mom bought me some food that was in a Weird Al song #Woah just like the Weird Al song #me when I'm having a serious discussion with my sibling and I have to bring up Weird Al between topics #I forget why I even did that #OH #IT'S BCUZ WE WERE TALKING ABT HOW TECHNOLOGY IS SO PREVALENT NOWADAYS #and then I mentioned that Weird Al being in his 60s was watching TV and listening to the radio instead of playin outside #so it's always been a thing for certain kids to enjoy staying inside more than going out and playing #and also generally the way the world is nowadays they're getting rid of like all kid friendly structures and architecture #everything becoming minimalistic and not having walkable sidewalks and trying to get rid of NATURE #y'know those spikes on trees and shit to get rid of BIRDS #hostile architecture that's what it's called #makes things worse for EVERYONE #anyway LMAO derailing my own post #I am Weird Al-ing it up babey