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AAAARGH these fucking birds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 — Brooklynian

AAAARGH these fucking birds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

scarlett
scarlett
edited November -1 in The Lounge / Random Stuff
One of those little - like four inch - brown birds built a nest under the air conditioner in my living room over the winter. The eggs have hatched and the baby birds chirp LOUDLY ALL DAY LONG.

Does anyone know how long until these motherfuckers will learn to fly and get the fuck out of hearing range?

Comments

  • armchair_warrior
    armchair_warrior
    beats jack hammering and sawing in the early hours of the morning this weekend and last weekend and weekdays :(. i like them small birds one outside my house :p.
  • sandcastler
    sandcastler
    About two weeks after hatching?

    http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/browse_tax.aspx?family=24
  • greensneakers
    greensneakers
    Just be careful... we had a baby pigeon on our windowsill and we ended up with bird mites. Not sure if it's more likely with pigeons than with other kinds of birds, but if the babies have them, you can end up with them in your house.

    It happens when the babies grow up and fly away. The mites that live in the nest feed off the babies and if the babies leave, the mites will come into your house looking for food. They're SUPER small and they look like moving bits of dust. We happened to see them because there were little white specks moving around on our wine bottles. (Some look black because they've recently fed and are filled with blood. I know, eeyew!!)

    Don't mean to scare you, but you should be on the lookout and take measures against it. This might help: www.birdmites.org
  • independent mind
    independent mind
    Embrace it, set up a birdie cam!
  • scarlett
    scarlett
    FUCKING BIRD MITES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WTF. Can I just borrow a gun and shoot out the nest? Fuck the fucking sparrows. Bird mites sounds like bed bugs. KILL ME NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • armchair_warrior
    armchair_warrior
    someone piss in your cereal didn't they :(.
  • canyontothesky
    canyontothesky
    As if we need another pest to deal with. Roaches, bedbugs--my biggest fear, and now friggin mites we can't even see? Forget fearing shark attacks or rattlesnakes, we're all going to kill ourselves when mites take over our sinus cavities. Awesome!!
  • salix
    salix
    That birdmites.org site looks a little commercial to me. It never even identifies the mites by their scientific name. And all those sidebars with terms like "nightmare," "anguish", etc. Gee, do yo suppose there's a screen treatment there - The Birdmites of Brooklyn - they're on your block, in your yard, in your house, aiieeeeee!!!!!
  • scarlett
    scarlett
    Is there some bird rescue place I can call to have them remove the entire nest?
  • armchair_warrior
    armchair_warrior
    you could always tie starving cats to that tree.
  • greensneakers
    greensneakers
    I don't know how you can get rid of them before the babies can fly. Maybe you could try 311?

    As far as that bird mites web site looking commercial, it might be. I couldn't stomach reading too much of it.

    We actually never had to call a professional. Our super knew what they were and he brought over some industrial strength bug killer. We cleaned the nest off and sprayed the crap out of the affected area. We probably all have cancer now, but it's better than mites.

    Then we bought a ton of metal bird spikes from Tarzian hardware and glued them to all of our windowsills.

    Sorry about the fearmongering...that wasn't my intention. I don't think it's all that common generally speaking, but if you have a nest, you really want to take all precautions!
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    ....I continue to believe that being a 311 operator must be the hardest job in the city.

    People would tell people to call me about birds on their windowsill, and I would have to be polite and listen.

    Scarlett, once the little birds fly away, pull out your A/C and take a broom stick to the nest. They'll build a new home somewhere else.

    ....it'll be like a thunderstorm blew their nest out of a tree, no worse.
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