A family of magpies lived in a tree outside of my home. It was cut down today as the roots warped all of the pavements. The family of birds cant seem to understand that home is no longer there and are hanging aboiut on my wall. What will happen for them now as it is late at night? How long will it take for them to restart a new nest? I am just concerned as I love those birds.What do birds/squirrels do when their nest/ tree is cut down?
Birds only use a nest when they are having young. After that they don't use the nest any more, although some birds will reuse it for another clutch of eggs. Birds live mostly in tree branches and bushes. The tree that was cut down may have been one of the trees they were just used to being there. They will find another tree, don't worry, all will be well. Squirrels do live in their nests, and if it is destroyed, they will make another one elsewhere. They adapt very easily. Please read my profile.What do birds/squirrels do when their nest/ tree is cut down?
Generally, birds do not live in nests..they reproduce in them. Sure they may use the tree itself to sleep and roost in, but they should not be breeding so late in the year. If you live in the US, it is actually illegal to destroy a birds nest as they are protected by law. Other countries have similar laws, that is why it is suggest to only do trimming and cutting of trees during the fall and winter seasons as not to accidentally or purposely destroy nests. There are a FEW species that will build nests specifically to roost in, and magpies can be one of them, so if they were sitting on nests in the tree..they were empty nests, not containing eggs or chicks in which case you did not break the law, and in which case the birds will just move elsewhere and no real harm was done.
Find a new place to live.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Please, please help? I am desparate. I hear mice or squirrels building a nest underneath my kitchen sink.?
Yet I live in a home with no cellar underneath - only a teeny, tiny crawlspace. Although animals are unable to enter my home - (I covered ALL cracks and holes) - their persistent nesting noises are disconcerting. Not to mention the fact that I don't want them building a nest around my pipes and heating vents! Is there any product - safe around house pets - that will deter these noisy pests? A friend told me she purchases something you plug in the wall, and it seems to be working for her. She never sees mice around/in her home. Please help? What do you recommend as the safest, best natural or electronic product?
Thank you.Please, please help? I am desparate. I hear mice or squirrels building a nest underneath my kitchen sink.?
Electronic devices such as strobe and ultrasound emitters do not work. Government tests have proved this. You may see short-term results, but long-term, it is not a solution.
Call an exterminator and ask for a free estimate. They will come over and take a look. Once you know what you are dealing with, you can either hire the person or do the pest control yourself.Please, please help? I am desparate. I hear mice or squirrels building a nest underneath my kitchen sink.?
Only some of the gadgets you plug in a wall will irritate some of the mice and rodents. I bought Smarter Image's Mouse Mover and it worked, kind of. The mice ran out of the living room into the bedroom. So for my house I guess I need at least two.
(PS there's many bad reviews for the mouse mover and it's no longer made.)
I read more ratings and you need a device for each room/area. So one for each bedroom and bath, ,but only one for the living/dining/kitchen. And it will take 2-3 weeks to drive them away.
I looked at Amazon.com. There are reviews for the various ultrasonic repellers gadgets, so you may make a more informed choice.
I've also read a cotton ball dipped in Oil of Peppermint is repugnant to mice and rodents. They'll stay away simply cause it smells so awful. The 1 oz bottle costs about $5 at the local health food store.
Don't buy Peppermint extract, then you'll only have drunk mice.
Mice hate the smell of peppermint. If you could get that in there, they might leave. It should run other things off too.
That is going to smell bad when you turn your heating vents on.
Hi from France 鈾?br>
Buy the same that your friend, but why are you so afraid with these little animals ?
Have a nice week-end,
Cat.
Thank you.Please, please help? I am desparate. I hear mice or squirrels building a nest underneath my kitchen sink.?
Electronic devices such as strobe and ultrasound emitters do not work. Government tests have proved this. You may see short-term results, but long-term, it is not a solution.
Call an exterminator and ask for a free estimate. They will come over and take a look. Once you know what you are dealing with, you can either hire the person or do the pest control yourself.Please, please help? I am desparate. I hear mice or squirrels building a nest underneath my kitchen sink.?
Only some of the gadgets you plug in a wall will irritate some of the mice and rodents. I bought Smarter Image's Mouse Mover and it worked, kind of. The mice ran out of the living room into the bedroom. So for my house I guess I need at least two.
(PS there's many bad reviews for the mouse mover and it's no longer made.)
I read more ratings and you need a device for each room/area. So one for each bedroom and bath, ,but only one for the living/dining/kitchen. And it will take 2-3 weeks to drive them away.
I looked at Amazon.com. There are reviews for the various ultrasonic repellers gadgets, so you may make a more informed choice.
I've also read a cotton ball dipped in Oil of Peppermint is repugnant to mice and rodents. They'll stay away simply cause it smells so awful. The 1 oz bottle costs about $5 at the local health food store.
Don't buy Peppermint extract, then you'll only have drunk mice.
Mice hate the smell of peppermint. If you could get that in there, they might leave. It should run other things off too.
That is going to smell bad when you turn your heating vents on.
Hi from France 鈾?br>
Buy the same that your friend, but why are you so afraid with these little animals ?
Have a nice week-end,
Cat.
Not a pet? Squirrels and birds nesting questions?
I love the birds and squirrels in my yard, the squirrels are so much fun to watch and are quite friendly too.
I want to do nice things for them for entertaining me since I can't have pets - has anyone provided bedding material for birds and squirrels before? I have a huge bag of dryer lint I was saving for this purpose, but can't really bring myself to set it out there for them. What about yarn? Do you think birds would take yarn/string if I set it out for them? Am I starting too early, should I wait until later in the spring?
Has anyone done this before?Not a pet? Squirrels and birds nesting questions?
I often provide nesting material for my outdoor feathered friends.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology suggests:
Ideally you should provide nest material naturally by leaving or creating wild, natural areas on your property (perhaps hidden from your neighbor's view) where plants can grow into thickets, and leaves and twigs can fall and not be raked up immediately. This untidy debris gives a variety of material for the birds to pick through when they are building nests. They may even pick through your compost pile looking for suitable nest material.
Alternatively, you can put out concentrated stashes of nest material. It can be natural materials like straw, small sticks, and twigs, or manmade materials such as yarn and string. Try putting out any combination of the following:
Dead twigs
Dead leaves
Dry grass
Yarn or string鈥攃ut into 4- to 8-inch pieces
Human or animal hair (especially horse hair)
Fur (e.g. dog or cat fur)
Sheep's wool
Feathers
Plant fluff or down (e.g. cattail fluff, cottonwood down)
Kapok, cotton batting, or other stuffing material
Moss
Bark strips
Pine needles
Thin strips of cloth, about 1 inch wide by 6 inches long
Shredded paper
Among the strange materials birds occasionally use in their nests are snake skins, plastic strips, cellophane, and aluminum foil. Many small birds use spider webs to glue nest material together. Swallows, phoebes, and American Robins use mud to construct their nests. You might consider creating or keeping a muddy puddle in your garden for them.
What about dryer lint? Some people include this as suitable bird nesting material. Others recommend against it because it is porous and dries out poorly if it's rained on in the nest. Still others warn that wet dryer lint dries into a hard mass, providing poor nest insulation, however this may happen only if it contains laundry detergent or fabric softener residue. More information is needed before we can recommend offering dryer lint.
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBir鈥?/a>Not a pet? Squirrels and birds nesting questions?
I did it for my caged birds and for wild ones as well. I also put up nesting boxes for squirrels (I rehab).
The one thing I would correct from above poster, nix the long string and horse hair. If it becomes wrapped around the leg of baby birds or baby squirrels, it will cause loss of legs or toes due to circulation being cut off.
My wild wrens help themselves to whatever they fancy; dryer lint, feathers from pillows, the coco fiber from around hanging planters, the long fronds from my rainbow fern. . .
I bring hair shed from grooming the horses but no mane or tail hair. For squirrels, wool yarn in short pieces, old wool blankets cut in small squares, you'd be surprised how effectively they can shred and fluff.
I want to do nice things for them for entertaining me since I can't have pets - has anyone provided bedding material for birds and squirrels before? I have a huge bag of dryer lint I was saving for this purpose, but can't really bring myself to set it out there for them. What about yarn? Do you think birds would take yarn/string if I set it out for them? Am I starting too early, should I wait until later in the spring?
Has anyone done this before?Not a pet? Squirrels and birds nesting questions?
I often provide nesting material for my outdoor feathered friends.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology suggests:
Ideally you should provide nest material naturally by leaving or creating wild, natural areas on your property (perhaps hidden from your neighbor's view) where plants can grow into thickets, and leaves and twigs can fall and not be raked up immediately. This untidy debris gives a variety of material for the birds to pick through when they are building nests. They may even pick through your compost pile looking for suitable nest material.
Alternatively, you can put out concentrated stashes of nest material. It can be natural materials like straw, small sticks, and twigs, or manmade materials such as yarn and string. Try putting out any combination of the following:
Dead twigs
Dead leaves
Dry grass
Yarn or string鈥攃ut into 4- to 8-inch pieces
Human or animal hair (especially horse hair)
Fur (e.g. dog or cat fur)
Sheep's wool
Feathers
Plant fluff or down (e.g. cattail fluff, cottonwood down)
Kapok, cotton batting, or other stuffing material
Moss
Bark strips
Pine needles
Thin strips of cloth, about 1 inch wide by 6 inches long
Shredded paper
Among the strange materials birds occasionally use in their nests are snake skins, plastic strips, cellophane, and aluminum foil. Many small birds use spider webs to glue nest material together. Swallows, phoebes, and American Robins use mud to construct their nests. You might consider creating or keeping a muddy puddle in your garden for them.
What about dryer lint? Some people include this as suitable bird nesting material. Others recommend against it because it is porous and dries out poorly if it's rained on in the nest. Still others warn that wet dryer lint dries into a hard mass, providing poor nest insulation, however this may happen only if it contains laundry detergent or fabric softener residue. More information is needed before we can recommend offering dryer lint.
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBir鈥?/a>Not a pet? Squirrels and birds nesting questions?
I did it for my caged birds and for wild ones as well. I also put up nesting boxes for squirrels (I rehab).
The one thing I would correct from above poster, nix the long string and horse hair. If it becomes wrapped around the leg of baby birds or baby squirrels, it will cause loss of legs or toes due to circulation being cut off.
My wild wrens help themselves to whatever they fancy; dryer lint, feathers from pillows, the coco fiber from around hanging planters, the long fronds from my rainbow fern. . .
I bring hair shed from grooming the horses but no mane or tail hair. For squirrels, wool yarn in short pieces, old wool blankets cut in small squares, you'd be surprised how effectively they can shred and fluff.
Why does a squirrel keep trespassing onto a blue jays nest?
I live outside of Fort Worth Texas, somewhat in the country. My question is why does a squirrel keep bothering a blue jays nest. I have a blue jays nest right outside my window and the two blue jays were going nuts off and on for about an hour, so I look outside and I see a bastard squirrel sitting in the blue jays nest eating! What the hell is he eating and why is he doing it? He's not eating the blue jays eggs or baby birds is he? Can I shoot the arrogant asshole with my shotgun? I've been throwing rocks at him but he keeps coming back!Why does a squirrel keep trespassing onto a blue jays nest?
He's probably eating the eggs.Why does a squirrel keep trespassing onto a blue jays nest?
No you can not shoot it. Nature is nature. And Blue Jays can fend for themselves trust me. They are actually known for stealing eggs from other birds. The squirrel may be eating the eggs but he may be eating a nut and just sitting on the nest. Maybe instead of thinking of ways to hurt the animal maybe feed it. Throw some nuts out or some corn and that way if he is hungry he will go for that instead of the other. Illegal to shoot it with a gun and punishable by law and will be fined.
Squirrels eat eggs and birds...surprise, surprise:)
The squirrel is not trespassing. Wild animals follow the laws of nature, not man. Animals have to eat, and while you may find their diet to be distasteful, you're going to have to get used to the fact that sometimes they eat each other.
You'd be an idiot to think that you can control nature by shooting the squirrel. The squirrel is no worse than the Blue Jay. Blue Jays eat other bird's eggs and their babies, too. In fact, while Mr. Squirrel was snacking on baby Blue Jays, Mr. and Mrs. Blue Jay were probably out nibbling on hummingbird eggs:)
Observe nature and learn something, but do not interfere..
He is eating the eggs or babys I would shoot him
He is getting the eggs.
Don't mess with mother nature.halloween makeup
He's probably eating the eggs.Why does a squirrel keep trespassing onto a blue jays nest?
No you can not shoot it. Nature is nature. And Blue Jays can fend for themselves trust me. They are actually known for stealing eggs from other birds. The squirrel may be eating the eggs but he may be eating a nut and just sitting on the nest. Maybe instead of thinking of ways to hurt the animal maybe feed it. Throw some nuts out or some corn and that way if he is hungry he will go for that instead of the other. Illegal to shoot it with a gun and punishable by law and will be fined.
Squirrels eat eggs and birds...surprise, surprise:)
The squirrel is not trespassing. Wild animals follow the laws of nature, not man. Animals have to eat, and while you may find their diet to be distasteful, you're going to have to get used to the fact that sometimes they eat each other.
You'd be an idiot to think that you can control nature by shooting the squirrel. The squirrel is no worse than the Blue Jay. Blue Jays eat other bird's eggs and their babies, too. In fact, while Mr. Squirrel was snacking on baby Blue Jays, Mr. and Mrs. Blue Jay were probably out nibbling on hummingbird eggs:)
Observe nature and learn something, but do not interfere..
He is eating the eggs or babys I would shoot him
He is getting the eggs.
Don't mess with mother nature.
Help, i want to build a nesting box for some red squirrels in my yard?
i want them to have babies in there, so if anyone knows a good way to build a red squirrel nesting box could they tell me how. also it doesn't have to be a box, just a house.
thanksHelp, i want to build a nesting box for some red squirrels in my yard?
Here are some websites with pictures, diagrams, and facts for ideas on where to start.
http://www.accesswave.net/~pchat/squirre鈥?/a>
http://www.redsquirrels.info/box.html
Hope this helps! Good luck! :)
thanksHelp, i want to build a nesting box for some red squirrels in my yard?
Here are some websites with pictures, diagrams, and facts for ideas on where to start.
http://www.accesswave.net/~pchat/squirre鈥?/a>
http://www.redsquirrels.info/box.html
Hope this helps! Good luck! :)
Do squirrels make nests?
yes they doDo squirrels make nests?
Yes, they do. Have lots of squirrels around here and you can see their nests very clearly during late fall and winter (after the trees have dropped their leaves. If is more fun to watch them build them - stuffing their mouth with fallen leaves, running up the tree to place them in / around the nest, then back to the ground for another batch :-)
Yes, they do. Have lots of squirrels around here and you can see their nests very clearly during late fall and winter (after the trees have dropped their leaves. If is more fun to watch them build them - stuffing their mouth with fallen leaves, running up the tree to place them in / around the nest, then back to the ground for another batch :-)
HELP! a squirrel is trying to nest in my car and my dogs are trying to tear my car apart to get at it.?
This just started this afternoon The dogs were jumping on and scratching my car. when I opened the hood I saw a squirrel scury into the deeper areas of my car.
I then went for a fast ride in hopes that it would scare it out.
But when I came back I could tell it was still in there by the way the dogs were acting. I put the car behind a gate so my dogs would not damage it.
I can also see where the squirrel has been chewing in the engine compartment.
WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO GET IT TO LEAVE SO IT DOESN'T STAY ALL WINTER?HELP! a squirrel is trying to nest in my car and my dogs are trying to tear my car apart to get at it.?
The urine of predators is sold in nurseries and hardware stores, this may scare the squirrel away.
They don't like the smell of mothballs either.
You could get a trap (you might be able to borrow one from Animal Control or the Humane Society, or buy one); if you catch the squirrel alive, you will have to release it at least 3 miles away to keep it from coming back. You may have to do this because this particular squirrel has already discovered a nice nesting spot in your car.
Find out where the squirrel is building the nest, and cover the entrance with metal screen or something so the squirrel can't get in.
Clean out the nest area and rinse with diluted vinegar to neutralize the urine smell. (You can rinse with something else afterward if you think vinegar is bad for the car engine. Or clean it however you think best.) The urine smell may attract another squirrel to your car, even if you can't smell it yourself.
The quicker you deal with this, the better for your car.HELP! a squirrel is trying to nest in my car and my dogs are trying to tear my car apart to get at it.?
lmao.
use something to poke it out i guess.
Buy powdered fox urine......just do a yahoo! search for it.....WORKS EVERY TIME!!!! might smell for a while but the squirrel will be gone
I then went for a fast ride in hopes that it would scare it out.
But when I came back I could tell it was still in there by the way the dogs were acting. I put the car behind a gate so my dogs would not damage it.
I can also see where the squirrel has been chewing in the engine compartment.
WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO GET IT TO LEAVE SO IT DOESN'T STAY ALL WINTER?HELP! a squirrel is trying to nest in my car and my dogs are trying to tear my car apart to get at it.?
The urine of predators is sold in nurseries and hardware stores, this may scare the squirrel away.
They don't like the smell of mothballs either.
You could get a trap (you might be able to borrow one from Animal Control or the Humane Society, or buy one); if you catch the squirrel alive, you will have to release it at least 3 miles away to keep it from coming back. You may have to do this because this particular squirrel has already discovered a nice nesting spot in your car.
Find out where the squirrel is building the nest, and cover the entrance with metal screen or something so the squirrel can't get in.
Clean out the nest area and rinse with diluted vinegar to neutralize the urine smell. (You can rinse with something else afterward if you think vinegar is bad for the car engine. Or clean it however you think best.) The urine smell may attract another squirrel to your car, even if you can't smell it yourself.
The quicker you deal with this, the better for your car.HELP! a squirrel is trying to nest in my car and my dogs are trying to tear my car apart to get at it.?
lmao.
use something to poke it out i guess.
Buy powdered fox urine......just do a yahoo! search for it.....WORKS EVERY TIME!!!! might smell for a while but the squirrel will be gone
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